# The Short-term Holding Facility Rules 2018, Article 4: Places of detention


(1) These Rules do not apply to the facilities listed in paragraph (2) or to a detained person who is detained in such a facility.
(2) The facilities are—
(a) a police station;
(b) a hospital;
(c) a young offender institution;
(d) a prison or remand centre;
(e) in the case of a person under 18, a place of safety, and
(f) any premises at which appeals or reviews under Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 or under the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 are heard or any place provided specifically for the purpose of detention in such premises.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) “place of safety”—
(a) in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 ;
(b) in Scotland, has the same meaning as in the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 ;
(c) in Northern Ireland, means a home provided under Part 7 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , any police station, any hospital or surgery, or any other suitable place, the occupier of which is willing temporarily to receive a person under the age of 18.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/409/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/short-term-holding-facility-rules-2018/article-4
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