Part III Local Authority Support for Children and Families
Provision of accommodation for children
I121 Provision of accommodation for children in police protection or detention or on remand, etc.
1
Every local authority shall make provision for the reception and accommodation of children who are removed or kept away from home under Part V.
2
Every local authority shall receive, and provide accommodation for, children—
a
in police protection whom they are requested to receive under section 46(3)(f);
b
whom they are requested to receive under section 38(6) of the M1Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
3
Where a child has been—
a
removed under Part V; or
b
detained under section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984,
and he is not being provided with accommodation by a local authority or in a hospital vested in the Secretary of State F2or otherwise made available pursuant to arrangements made by a District Health Authority, any reasonable expenses of accommodating him shall be recoverable from the local authority in whose area he is ordinarily resident.