# Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989, Section 20: Temporary detention of persons liable to detention in young offenders institution ....


A person who is required to be taken to a young offenders institution ... may, until arrangements can be made for taking him there, be temporarily detained elsewhere.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/45/section/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-scotland-act-1989/section-20
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