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208 Detention of children convicted on indictment.S

[F1(1)]Subject to [F2sections 205 and 205ZC(5)] of this Act [F3and subsection (3) below] , where a child is convicted on indictment and the court is of the opinion that no other method of dealing with him is appropriate, it may sentence him to be detained for a period which it shall specify in the sentence; and the child shall during that period be liable to be detained in such place [F4(in any part of the United Kingdom)] and on such conditions as the Secretary of State may [F5, subject to section 208A,] direct.

[F6(1A)Where the court imposes a sentence of detention on a child, the court must—

(a)state its reasons for the opinion that no other method of dealing with the child is appropriate, and

(b)have those reasons entered in the record of the proceedings.]

[F7(2)[F8Subsections (1) and (1A) above are] subject to—

(a)section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (minimum sentences for certain firearms offences); and

(b)section 29(9) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (minimum sentence of detention for certain offences relating to dangerous weapons).]

[F9(3)If the child is under the age of 16 years, the power conferred by subsection (1) above shall not be exercisable in respect of a conviction for an offence under section 9(1) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8) or that section as applied by section 234AA(11) of this Act.]

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F1S. 208 renumbered (22.1.2004) as s. 208(1) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 290(3), 336; S.I. 2004/81, art. 3

F6S. 208(1A) inserted (1.2.2011 for all purposes in respect of offences committed on or after this date) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 21(2), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

F8Words in s. 208(2) substituted (1.2.2011 for all purposes in respect of offences committed on or after this date) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 21(3), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.

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