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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.266Authority for admission to detention centre
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### sec.266 Authority for admission to detention centre
The chief executive must not—
admit a child to a detention centre; or
detain a child in a detention centre;
unless the chief executive is given a document mentioned in subsection (2) .
The documents are—
a warrant authorising the detention of the child; or
if the child has been refused bail by a police officer in relation to a charge of an offence—a copy of the bench charge sheet for the offence; or
a court verdict and judgment records containing the name of the child and particulars of the judgment pronounced on the child; or
a document in the prescribed form that contains the relevant details of an existing document mentioned in paragraph (c) ; or
a document prescribed by regulation.
s 266 amd 1994 No. 87 s 3 sch 1 ; 1996 No. 22 s 70 ; 1998 No. 39 s 47 ; 2000 No. 46 s 3 sch
(sec.266-ssec.1) The chief executive must not— admit a child to a detention centre; or detain a child in a detention centre; unless the chief executive is given a document mentioned in subsection (2) .
(sec.266-ssec.2) The documents are— a warrant authorising the detention of the child; or if the child has been refused bail by a police officer in relation to a charge of an offence—a copy of the bench charge sheet for the offence; or a court verdict and judgment records containing the name of the child and particulars of the judgment pronounced on the child; or a document in the prescribed form that contains the relevant details of an existing document mentioned in paragraph (c) ; or a document prescribed by regulation.
- (a) admit a child to a detention centre; or
- (b) detain a child in a detention centre;
- (a) a warrant authorising the detention of the child; or
- (b) if the child has been refused bail by a police officer in relation to a charge of an offence—a copy of the bench charge sheet for the offence; or
- (c) a court verdict and judgment records containing the name of the child and particulars of the judgment pronounced on the child; or
- (d) a document in the prescribed form that contains the relevant details of an existing document mentioned in paragraph (c) ; or
- (e) a document prescribed by regulation.