After section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) insert—

“39ADetention of child or young person: F1local authorities to be notified

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where a youth offending team becomes aware that—

(a)

a child or young person has become subject to a detention order and is detained in relevant youth accommodation, or

(b)

a child or young person who is subject to a detention order has been transferred from one place of accommodation to another which is relevant youth accommodation.

(2)

The youth offending team must as soon as practicable notify—

(a)

the home F2local authority, and

(b)

the host F2local authority,

of the place where the child or young person is detained.

(3)

Subsection (4) applies where a youth offending team becomes aware that a person has been released having immediately before release been—

(a)

subject to a detention order, and

(b)

detained in relevant youth accommodation.

(4)

The youth offending team must as soon as practicable notify the following authorities of the release—

(a)

the home F2local authority;

(b)

the host F2local authority;

(c)

any other F2local authority in whose area the youth offending team expects the person to live on release.

(5)

Nothing in this section requires a youth offending team to notify a F1local authority of any matter of which the authority is already aware.

(6)

In this section—

“home F2local authority”, in relation to a child or young person, means the F2local authority which is the home authority in relation to that person within the meaning of Chapter 5A of Part 10 of the Education Act 1996 (persons detained in youth accommodation);

“host F2local authority”, in relation to a child or young person who is detained in relevant youth accommodation, means the F2local authority for the area in which that person is detained;

F3 “local authority” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996;  

“young person” includes a person who is aged 18;

and references in this section to a person subject to a detention order and to relevant youth accommodation have the same meanings as they have in the Education Act 1996 (see section 562(1A) of that Act).”