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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3255",
  "legislation_title": "The Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are concerned with the use of secure accommodation for any child who is being looked after by a local authority or for whom the local authority is responsible under Criminal Procedure legislation. They will replace the four sets of secure accommodation regulations which are extant.\nThe main changes introduced by these Regulations are a reduction of the maximum period during which a child may be kept in secure accommodation without the authority of a children’s hearing or a sheriff from 7 days to 72 hours and a corresponding shorter period within which a children’s hearing shall be convened to consider the child’s case. They make provision for the establishment of a Secure Placement Review Panel by local authorities responsible for secure accommodation to review the case of any child detained in secure accommodation by local authorities by virtue of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3255/note",
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  "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."
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