Justice Bill - Clause 9: Place of detention following sentencing - Northern Ireland Assembly

Clause 9: Place of detention following sentencing

Clause 9 introduces the general principle that a child (under the age of 18) will only be held in a juvenile justice centre.

9. After Article 46B of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, insert⁠—

46BA.—(1) Where a court sentences a child to imprisonment or detention, the child must be detained in a juvenile justice centre.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies during any period in which the child is⁠—

(a) detained under the sentence, and

(b) under the age of 18.

(3) Any sentence of imprisonment, and any statutory provision relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment, has effect subject to this Article.

(4) In paragraph (1), “detention” means detention under⁠—

(a) Article 38A,

(b) Article 45(1) or (2), or

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