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14E+WThe Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.
15(1)Section 3AA (conditions for the imposition of electronic monitoring requirements: children and young persons) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (3)(b), for “to local authority accommodation” substitute “ subject to a custodial remand ”.
(3)For subsection (11) substitute—
“(11)The references in subsection (3)(b) to an imprisonable offence include a reference to an offence—
(a)of which the child or young person has been convicted outside England and Wales, and
(b)which is equivalent to an offence that is punishable with imprisonment in England and Wales.
(12)The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a child or young person being subject to a custodial remand is to the child or young person being—
(a)remanded to local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation under section 91 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012,
(b)remanded to local authority accommodation under section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 or to prison under that section as modified by section 98 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 or under section 27 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948, or
(c)subject to a form of custodial detention in a country or territory outside England and Wales while awaiting trial or sentence in that country or territory or during a trial in that country or territory.”
16E+WIn section 7(6) (arrest for absconding or breaking conditions of bail: powers of justice), for the words from “section 23” to the end of the subsection substitute “ section 91 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (remands of children otherwise than on bail) ”.
17E+WIn Part 3 of Schedule 1 (supplementary provisions about persons entitled to bail: interpretation), in paragraph 3, for the words from “the care of” to the end of the paragraph substitute “ accommodation pursuant to a remand under section 91(3) or (4) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (remands to local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation). ”
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I1Sch. 12 para. 17 wholly in force at 3.12.2012, see s. 151(1) and S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(j) (with art. 7(2)(3))
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