The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2012

Liability for costs of a child being subject to a remand: secure children’s homes and secure training centres

2.—(1) This regulation applies where a court remands a child to youth detention accommodation under section 91(4) of the Act.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where the Secretary of State or the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales has directed under section 102(1) of the Act that the remand is to a secure children’s home or a secure training centre, the designated authority for the child is liable to pay the relevant person the applicable amount in respect of each night on which the child is remanded there.

(3) Where the designated authority is also the relevant person, regulation 2(2) does not apply.

(4) In this regulation—

“the applicable amount” means—

(a)

in the case of a child who is remanded to a secure children’s home, one third of the price per night at which the child is provided with accommodation by the relevant person in accordance with an arrangement made under section 103(1) of the Act; and

(b)

in the case of a child who is remanded to a secure training centre, £233.56.