Amendment of the Care Leavers (England) Regulations 2010

12.—(1) The Care Leavers (England) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3(4)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a) after the words “an order of the court” insert “, but excludes remand to youth detention accommodation”, and

(b)after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

(c)“remand to youth detention accommodation” has the meaning given in section 102(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012(2)..

(2)

2012 c. 10. That is, remand to (a) a secure children’s home, (b) a secure training centre, (c) a young offender institution, or (d) accommodation, or accommodation of a description, for the time being specified by order under section 107(1)(e) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (youth detention accommodation for purposes of detention and training order provisions), such as the Secretary of State directs in the child’s case. Section 104(1) of that Act provides that a child who is remanded to youth detention accommodation is to be treated as a child who is looked after by the local authority designated by the court under section 102(6).