Amendment of Secure Training Centre Rules 1998
2.—(1) The Secure Training Centre Rules 1998(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In rule 2, in the definition of “compulsory school age”, for “section 580” there is substituted “section 8”.
(3) In rule 2, after the definition of “compulsory school age”, there is inserted “convicted trainee” means a trainee who has been ordered to be detained in consequence of his conviction for an offence, and the expression “unconvicted trainee” shall be construed accordingly”.
(4) In rule 3, at the beginning of paragraph (2)(b) and at the beginning of paragraph (2)(d), there is inserted “in the case of convicted trainees,”.
(5) In rules 10(2), 42(1) and 42(2), the words “statute or” are omitted.
(6) In rule 27(1), after “physical education and” there is inserted “, in the case of a convicted trainee,”.
(7) In rule 27(3)(a), after “6 months or less” there is inserted “or an unconvicted trainee”.
(8) In rule 27(4), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), there is substituted—
“(a)in the case of a convicted trainee, the services responsible for the trainee’s supervision after release;
(b)in the case of an unconvicted trainee, an officer of the local authority which is looking after the trainee (within the meaning of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989(2)); and
(c)in all cases, the trainee’s parent or guardian.”.
(9) For rule 30(1), there is substituted—
“(1) From the beginning of his period of detention, consideration shall be given to a trainee’s future and the help to be given to him in preparation for and after his return to the community, in consultation with the appropriate supervising service, in the case of a convicted trainee, or an officer of the local authority which is looking after the trainee (within the meaning of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989), in the case of an unconvicted trainee.”.
(10) In rule 30(2), for “trainee” there is substituted “convicted trainee”.
(11) In rule 45A(2)(b)(iii) as inserted by rule 46(14)(3), for “trainee” there is substituted “convicted trainee”.
1989 c. 41; section 22(1) was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), section 2 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35) and section 116(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38).
Rule 45A has effect as a modification in the application of the Secure Training Centre Rules 1998 to a contracted-out secure training centre, by virtue of rule 46(1) and (14).