Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
23Persons on remand not to be granted leave
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23 Persons on remand not to be granted leave
23 Persons on remand not to be granted leave
(1) A person on remand may not be granted leave to be absent from a detention centre but may be permitted to be absent under section 23A.
(2) However, the Secretary may, by order in writing, grant leave to be absent from a detention centre for a purpose specified in section 24 (1A) to any person on remand in respect of whom an appeal (including an appeal to the High Court) relating to an offence is pending.
(3) Section 24 (1B), (4), (5) and (6) apply to such an order as if it were made under section 24 (1) (a).
s 23: Am 1987 No 272, Sch 1 (5). Subst 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (9). Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.2.