Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
11Secretary to determine detention centre at which a person subject to control is to be detained
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11 Secretary to determine detention centre at which a person subject to control is to be detained
11 Secretary to determine detention centre at which a person subject to control is to be detained
(1) As soon as practicable after a detention order has been made with respect to a person, the Secretary shall—
(a) determine the detention centre in which the person is to be detained,
(b) endorse the order with the name and address of the detention centre so determined, and
(c) send a copy of the order, as so endorsed, to the centre manager of the detention centre so determined.
(2) An order that has been endorsed in such a manner as to sufficiently describe a detention centre is not invalid merely because it has not been endorsed with the name and address of the detention centre.