# The Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018, Article 15: Families and minors


(1) Where members of the same family are detained in a short-term holding facility they are entitled to enjoy family life at the short-term holding facility save to the extent necessary in the interests of the security of the short-term holding facility and the safety of a detained person or other persons.
(2) The following must be provided with sleeping accommodation which is inaccessible to unrelated detained persons aged 18 or over—
(a) a detained person under the age of 18, and
(b) a detained family.
(3) A detained person must be provided with everything reasonably necessary for the protection, safety, well-being, maintenance and care of any person under the age of 18 detained with them for whom they are responsible.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/409/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-15
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