Part 3Other provisions about the management of offenders

Young offenders

35Escort arrangements

(1)

Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (escort arrangements: England and Wales) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the heading to paragraph 1, for “offenders detained at secure training centres” there is substituted “ persons detained in youth detention accommodation ”.

(3)

In paragraph 1 (arrangements for the escort of offenders detained at secure training centres)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (1), for “offenders” in paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “ detained persons ” and for paragraphs (c) and (d) there is substituted—

“(c)

the custody of detained persons temporarily held in youth detention accommodation in the course of delivery from one such place of accommodation to another; and

(d)

the custody of detained persons while they are outside a place of youth detention accommodation for temporary purposes,”, and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (2), for “a court, secure training centre” there is substituted “ a place of youth detention accommodation or a court ”.

(4)

In paragraph 4 (interpretation)—

(a)

before the definition of “escort arrangements” there is inserted—

““detained person” means a person remanded or committed to accommodation which is youth detention accommodation or detained in any such accommodation pursuant to a sentence or order requiring the person to be detained;”, and

(b)

the definitions of “offender” and “secure training centre” are omitted.