# The Secure Remands and Committals (Prescribed Description of Children and Young Persons) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1265 · made 28 April 1999

This Order prescribes girls and boys aged 12, 13 or 14 and girls aged 15 or 16 as children and young persons who, upon being remanded to local authority accommodation, may be required to be placed and kept in secure accommodation by a court under section 23(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (as that section is amended by section 97 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998).

Made under: Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (Section 23, Section 69)

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## Introductory text

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made 28th April 1999
Laid before Parliament 10th May 1999
Coming into force 1st June 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 23 and 69 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Secure Remands and Committals (Prescribed Description of Children and Young Persons) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st June 1999.

## 2 

The following descriptions of children and young persons are prescribed for the purposes of section 23(5) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969–
(a) any child who is of the age of 12 or 13;
(b) any person who is of the age of 14;
(c) any female person who is of the age of 15 or 16.

## Signature

Paul Boateng
Minister of State
Home Office
28th April 1999

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes girls and boys aged 12, 13 or 14 and girls aged 15 or 16 as children and young persons who, upon being remanded to local authority accommodation, may be required to be placed and kept in secure accommodation by a court under section 23(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (as that section is amended by section 97 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998).

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