(1)It shall be the duty of every local authority to secure that they are in a position to comply with any security requirement which may be imposed on them under—
(a)section 23(4) of the 1969 Act (remands and committals to local authority accommodation); or
(b)section 37(3) of the 1980 Act (committal of young person to Crown Court for sentence).
(2)A local authority may discharge their duty under subsection (1) above either by providing secure accommodation themselves or by making arrangements with other local authorities for the provision by them of such accommodation.
(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to the co-operation required of local authorities in the provision of secure accommodation.
(4)The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)In this section expressions used in section 23 of the 1969 Act have the same meanings as in that section.
Commencement Information
I1S. 61 wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.