Justice Bill
Clause 13: Place of detention following remand in custody
Clause 13 provides that any child that has been arrested for or charged with an offence must be remanded to custody in a juvenile justice centre, with the exception of those remanded to customs detention under section 152 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Remands of suspected drug offenders to detention).
Clause 13
Place of detention following remand in custody
13. After Article 10I of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (inserted by section 6 of this Act), insert—
“Remand and committal
Detention following remand in or committal to custody
10J.—(1) Where a court remands in or commits to custody a child arrested for, charged with or convicted of an offence, the child must be detained in a juvenile justice centre.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies during any period in which the child—
(a) is remanded in or committed to custody, and
(b) is under the age of 18.
(3) Any order of a court remanding a child in or committing a child to custody and any statutory provision relating to persons remanded in or committed to custody has effect subject to this Article (except the provision mentioned in paragraph (4)).
(4) This Article does not apply where a court considers it appropriate to remand a child to customs detention under section 152 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
(5) In this Article, “commits to custody” means commits to custody following arrest, for trial or for sentencing.”.