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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 865

Maximum period of a youth justice custodial order—offences relating to remand centres, youth justice centres and youth residential centres

    (1)     On or after the commencement of Chapter 7, if a child is found guilty on the same day, or in the same proceeding, of more than one offence, and one or more of those offences is—

        (a)     an offence constituted by escape from a remand centre, youth residential centre or youth justice centre; or

        (b)     an offence involving property damage to a remand centre, youth residential centre or youth justice centre

section 327(4) applies to any period of detention imposed on the child for that offence or those offences as if section 327(3) included a reference to that or those offences.

    (2)     On or after the commencement of Chapter 7, if—

        (a)     a youth justice custodial order is made in respect of a child for an offence or offences; and

        (b)     the child is serving an uncompleted sentence or sentences of detention imposed on the child, whether before or at the time the youth justice custodial order is imposed; and

        (c)     one or more of the offences referred to in paragraph (a) is—

              (i)     an offence constituted by escape from a remand centre, youth residential centre or youth justice centre; or

              (ii)     an offence involving property damage to a remand centre, youth residential centre or youth justice centre

section 327(6) applies to any period of detention imposed on the child for that offence or those offences as if section 327(6) included a reference to that or those offences.

    (3)     In this section—

"remand centre" means a remand centre within the meaning of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Part;

"youth justice centre" means a youth justice centre within the meaning of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Part;

"youth residential centre" means a youth residential centre within the meaning of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Part.

Part 21.5—Youth justice services



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