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Children and Young Persons Act 1969

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, Section 30. Help about Changes to Legislation

30 Detention of young offenders in community homes.E+W

(1)The power to give directions under [F1section 92 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000] [F2or section 260 of the Sentencing Code] (under which young offenders convicted on indictment of certain grave crimes may be detained in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State) shall include power to direct detention by a local authority specified in the directions in a home so specified which is a community home provided by the authority or a controlled community home for the management, equipment and maintenance of which the authority are responsible; but a person shall not be liable to be detained in the manner provided by this section after he attains the age of nineteen.

(2)It shall be duty of a local authority specified in directions given in pursuance of this section to detain the person to whom the directions relate in the home specified in the directions subject to and in accordance with such instructions relating to him as the Secretary of State may give to the authority from time to time; and the authority shall be entitled to recover from the Secretary of State any expenses reasonably incurred by them in discharging that duty.

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F1Words in s. 30(1) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 40

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