# The Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Maximum period in secure accommodation under the Act without authority


Subject to the provisions of regulation 8 the maximum period during which a child may be kept under the Act or the 1995 Act in secure accommodation without the authority of a children’s hearing, or, as the case may be, of the sheriff, is an aggregate of 72 hours (whether or not consecutive) in any period of 28 consecutive days.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3255/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/secure-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-5
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