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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.215Period of escape, mistaken release or release pending appeal or review not counted as detention
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### sec.215 Period of escape, mistaken release or release pending appeal or review not counted as detention
If a child serving a period of detention under a detention order—
is released from custody under part 5 pending an appeal against, or a review of, the detention order; or
is unlawfully at large;
the period for which the child is absent from custody pending the appeal or review, or is unlawfully at large, as the case may be, must not be counted as part of the period of detention.
s 215 amd 2002 No. 39 s 80 ; 2014 No. 9 s 12C ; 2016 No. 38 s 30
- (a) is released from custody under part 5 pending an appeal against, or a review of, the detention order; or
- (b) is unlawfully at large;