{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/schedule-5A/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/schedule-5A/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/26",
  "legislation_title": "Policing and Crime Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/5A/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A detention order is an order that the defaulter be detained for a period specified in the order in such youth detention accommodation as the Secretary of State may determine.\n(2) The period specified under sub-paragraph (1) may not exceed the period of three months beginning with the day after that on which the order is made.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (1) “ youth detention accommodation ” means—\n(a) a secure training centre;\n(aa) a secure college;\n(b) a young offender institution;\n(c) a secure children's home, as defined by section 102(11) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.\n(4) The function of the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (1) is exercisable concurrently with the Youth Justice Board.\n(5) A person detained under a detention order is in legal custody.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (E.W.) (9.1.2012) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17) , ss. 39(3) , 59(1) ; S.I. 2011/3016 , art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 14(3)(aa) inserted (20.3.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 9 para. 27; S.I. 2015/778, art. 2(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 5A para. 14(3)(c) substituted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 12 para. 58; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(j) (with art. 7(2)(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/26/schedule/5A/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:38.465629+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}