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Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
106Admission to detention centre following arrest or apprehension for breach of bail
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#### 106 Admission to detention centre following arrest or apprehension for breach of bail
106 Admission to detention centre following arrest or apprehension for breach of bail
> > (1) A child who is arrested or apprehended under the [Bail Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-026) for a failure, or threatened failure, to comply with a bail acknowledgment or bail condition, and who is to be detained before being taken before a court, must be detained in a detention centre rather than in a police station.
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> > (2) Despite subsection (1), the child may be detained in a police station before being taken before a court if it is impracticable for the child to be detained in a detention centre before being taken before the court.
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> > (3) A child who is detained in a police station under subsection (2) must, so far as is reasonably practicable, be detained separately from any adults detained there.
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> > (4) While a child is detained in a detention centre under this section, the child is taken to be a person on remand for the purposes of this Act.
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> **s 106 (previously s 42A):** Ins 2004 No 28, Sch 1. Am 2014 No 5, Sch 2.5 \[3\]. Renumbered 2017 No 57, Sch 2 \[4\].