The Visits to Former Looked After Children in Detention (Wales) Regulations 2011

Circumstances prescribed for the purposes of section 23ZA of the 1989 Act

3.  The circumstances prescribed for the purposes of section 23ZA(1)(b) of the 1989 Act(1) are that the child is detained pursuant to an order of a court in—

(a) a young offender institution(2),

(b) a secure training centre(3), or

(c) a secure children’s home.

(1)

Section 23ZA(2) places a duty on the local authority to ensure that a person to whom the section applies is visited by a representative of the authority and to arrange for appropriate advice, support and assistance to be available to them if requested; section 23ZA(1)(b) provides that the section applies to a child who was looked after by a local authority but who has ceased to be looked after by it as a result of prescribed circumstances.

(2)

A young offender institution is defined in section 43(1)(aa) of the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52) as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), section 170, Schedule 15, paragraph 11, and the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), section 18(3), and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), section 148(1), Schedule 26, Part 2, paragraph 3.

(3)

A secure training centre is defined in section 43(1)(d) of the Prison Act 1952, as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 5(2), the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 3) and the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6).