(1)A local authority must make provision for the reception and accommodation of children who are removed or kept away from home under Part 5 of the Children Act 1989.
(2)A local authority must receive, and provide accommodation for, children—
(a)in police protection whom it is requested to receive under section 46(3)(f) of the Children Act 1989;
(b)whom it is requested to receive under section 38(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
(c)with respect to whom it is the designated authority and who are—
(i)remanded to accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority by virtue of [F1paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Sentencing Code] (breach etc of referral orders and reparation orders);
(ii)remanded to accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority by virtue of [F2paragraph 25 of Schedule 7 to that Code] (breach etc of youth rehabilitation orders);
(iii)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);
(iv)the subject of a youth rehabilitation order imposing a local authority residence requirement or a youth rehabilitation order with fostering.
[F3(3)In subsection (2)—
“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.]
(4)Subsection (5) applies where—
(a) a child has been—
(i)removed under Part 5 of the Children Act 1989, or
(ii)detained under section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and
(b)the child is not being provided with accommodation—
(i)by a local authority [F4or local authority in England], or
(ii)in a hospital vested in the Welsh Ministers, an NHS Trust, an NHS Foundation Trust or the Secretary of State, or otherwise made available pursuant to arrangements made by a Local Health Board, an NHS Trust, an NHS Foundation Trust, the Welsh Ministers, the Secretary of State, [F5NHS England] or [F6an integrated care board].
(5)Any reasonable expenses of accommodating the child are recoverable from the local authority [F7or local authority in England] in whose area the child is ordinarily resident.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 77(2)(c)(i) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 303(2)(a) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
F2Words in s. 77(2)(c)(ii) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 303(2)(b) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
F3S. 77(3) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 303(4) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
F4Words in s. 77(4)(b)(i) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 300(a)
F5Words in s. 77(4)(b)(ii) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 26(a); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F6Words in s. 77(4)(b)(ii) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 220(a); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F7Words in s. 77(5) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 300(b)
Commencement Information
I1S. 77 in force at 6.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/412, art. 2 (with art. 4, Schs. 1, 2)