http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1504/part/VII/crossheading/juvenile-justice-centres/2008-06-08The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-01-312008-06-08 PART VIIATTENDANCE CENTRES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTRES<Emphasis>Juvenile justice centres</Emphasis>Juvenile justice centres511The Secretary of State may provide juvenile justice centres, that is to say, places in which offenders in respect of whom juvenile justice centre orders have been made may be detained and given training and education and prepared for their release.2The Secretary of State may make arrangements with other bodies or persons for the provision of juvenile justice centres.3Schedule 2 (which makes further provision relating to juvenile justice centres) shall have effect.Supervising powers of Secretary of State521The Secretary of State may make rules for the management and discipline of juvenile justice centres.2If it appears to the Secretary of State that the provision made in any juvenile justice centre with regard to any matter relating to—athe education, training, treatment or welfare of children detained by the managers of the centre;bthe premises or equipment of the centre; orcthe number, qualifications or grades of the staff employed in the centre,is inadequate or unsuitable, the Secretary of State may give to the managers such directions as he thinks necessary for securing that proper provision is made.3No substantial addition to, or diminution or alteration of, the buildings or grounds of a juvenile justice centre shall be made without the approval of the Secretary of State.Parental responsibility for children in juvenile justice centres53While a child is being detained by the managers of a juvenile justice centre, they shall—ahave parental responsibility for him; andbif they are satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to safeguard or promote his welfare, have the power to determine the extent to which a parent of his may meet his parental responsibility for him.Escapes from juvenile justice centres541Any child who has been ordered to be sent to a juvenile justice centre and—aescapes from a centre in which he is detained, or from any hospital or institution in which he is receiving medical treatment; orbbeing absent from a centre on temporary leave of absence or under supervision, runs away from the person in whose charge he is, or fails to return to a centre upon the expiration of his leave; orcbeing absent from a centre under supervision, fails to return to the centre upon being recalled,may be arrested without warrant by a constable or any person authorised by the managers of a juvenile justice centre and, if he is still a child, be taken to any juvenile justice centre or in any case be returned to the hospital or institution from which he escaped ortothe personinwhose charge he was.2A person arrested under paragraph (1) may at any time be brought with the authority of the Secretary of State before a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction where that person is found or where the juvenile justice centre, hospital or institution mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of that paragraph is situated.3Where a person is brought before a court under paragraph (2), the court—amay, if he is a child, order the period for which he is to be detained under the order referred to in paragraph (1) to be increased by a further period not exceeding 30 days;Sub-para. (b) rep. by 2002 c. 26cshall, in any other case, revoke the order referred to in paragraph (1) and deal with him in any manner in which the court could deal with him if he had just been convicted by the court of the offence.4In fixing the sentence under paragraph (3)(c) the court shall take into account the period for which the order referred to in paragraph (1) would, but for its revocation, have continued in effect.5If any person—aknowingly assists a child who escapes, runs away or fails to return as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c) or knowingly induces any child to so escape, run away or fail to return; orbwithout lawful authority takes a child away from any such centre, hospital, institution or person as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) and (b); orcknowingly harbours or conceals a child who escapes, runs away or fails to return as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c), or prevents him from returning;he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.2002 c. 262002 c. 26
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<Text>knowingly harbours or conceals a child who escapes, runs away or fails to return as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c), or prevents him from returning;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
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<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c17146981" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/26" id="c00391" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="26">2002 c. 26</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c17147001" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/26" id="c00392" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="26">2002 c. 26</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
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