# The Secure Remands and Committals (Prescribed Description of Children and Young Persons) Order 1999, Note: 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1265/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/secure-remands-and-committals-prescribed-description-of-children-and-young-persons-order-1999/note
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