There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989, Section 20.
A person who is required to be taken to a young offenders institution F2... may, until arrangements can be made for taking him there, be temporarily detained elsewhere.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 20 heading repealed (28.8.2024) by Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5), s. 38(3), sch. para. 14(2)(b); S.S.I. 2024/211, reg. 2(j)(ii) (with reg. 3)
F2Words in s. 20 repealed (28.8.2024) by Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5), s. 38(3), sch. para. 14(2)(a); S.S.I. 2024/211, reg. 2(j)(ii) (with reg. 3)
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