Children Act 1989

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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 21:

s. 21(2)(c)(i) amended by 1994 c. 33 s. 168(1) Sch. 9 para. 38

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):

s. 4(1A)(aa) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 21(3)
s. 4(1C) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 21(4)
s. 4ZA(2)(aa) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 22(3)
s. 4ZA(3A) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 22(4)
s. 8(4)(k) inserted by 2021 c. 17 s. 52(1)
s. 31A(4A) inserted by 2014 c. 6 s. 15(2)(b)

21 Provision of accommodation for children in police protection or detention or on remand, etc.E+W

(1)Every local authority shall make provision for the reception and accommodation of children who are removed or kept away from home under Part V.

(2)Every local authority shall receive, and provide accommodation for, children—

(a)in police protection whom they are requested to receive under section 46(3)(f);

(b)whom they are requested to receive under section 38(6) of the M1Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

(c)who are—

F1(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2(ia) remanded to accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority by virtue of [F3paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Sentencing Code] (breach etc. of referral orders and reparation orders);]

[F4(ii) remanded to accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority by virtue of [F5paragraph 25 of Schedule 7 to that Code] (breach etc. of youth rehabilitation orders); F6 . . . ]

[F7(iia)remanded to accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority by virtue of paragraph 10 of the Schedule to the Street Offences Act 1959 (breach of orders under section 1(2A) of that Act);]

[F8(iii)the subject of a youth rehabilitation order imposing a local authority residence requirement or a youth rehabilitation order with fostering,]

and with respect to whom they are the designated authority.

[F9(2A)In subsection (2)(c)(iii)—

“local authority residence requirement” has the meaning given by paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 to the Sentencing Code;
“youth rehabilitation order” has the meaning given by section 173 of that Code;
“youth rehabilitation order with fostering” has the meaning given by section 176 of that Code.]

(3)Where a child has been—

(a)removed under Part V; or

(b)detained under section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984,

and he is not being provided with accommodation by a local authority [F10or by a local authority in Wales] or in a hospital vested in the [F11Secretary of State or] [F12, the Welsh Ministers] F13..., [F14or otherwise made available pursuant to arrangements made by [F15the Secretary of State, [F16NHS England] or [F17an integrated care board] under the National Health Service Act 2006 or] a [F18Health Authority]] [F19Local Health Board] F13..., any reasonable expenses of accommodating him shall be recoverable from the local authority [F20, or local authority in Wales,] in whose area he is ordinarily resident.