Part III Children and Young Persons
Detention etc. pending trial
I160 Remands and committals to local authority accommodation.
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In section 37 of the 1980 Act (committal of young person to Crown Court for sentence)—
a
in subsection (1), for the words “17 years old” there shall be substituted the words “18 years old”;
b
in subsection (2), for the words “A person committed in custody under subsection (1) above” there shall be substituted the words “Where a person committed in custody under subsection (1) above is not less than 17 years old, he”; and
c
after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
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Where a person committed in custody under subsection (1) above is less than 17 years old—
a
he shall be committed to accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) and
b
the court by which he is so committed shall impose a security requirement within the meaning of section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.
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In the case of a child or young person who has been remanded F2... to local authority accommodation F3under section 91(3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 by a youth court or a magistrates’ court other than a youth court, any application under section 25 of the M1Children Act 1989 F5or section 119 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (use of accommodation for restricting liberty) shall, notwithstanding anything in section F492(7)F6of the Children Act 1989, be made to that court.