1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Children Act 1989) (Children Remanded to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 3rd December 2012.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989(1);
“the 2012 Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;
“a relevant child” means a child who is remanded to youth detention accommodation(2) and who is to be treated as looked after by virtue of section 104(1) of the 2012 Act.
For the meaning of “youth detention accommodation” see section 102 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.