Section 35: Escort arrangements
146.Arrangements for conveying juvenile offenders between courts, custodial establishments, police stations and hospitals are currently provided in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. This section extends the provisions of the 1994 Act. It gives authority for the transporting of a greater range of detained young persons between a wider range of types of premises, including young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes. Transporting of remanded, as well as sentenced, young people is covered, between any of the types of youth detention accommodation defined in section 107(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (as amended by section 25(7)), as well as courts, police stations and hospitals.
