Children and Young Persons Act 1963

53 Arrest in one part of British Islands of children or young persons escaping in other part

(1) The power to arrest and bring back any person which is conferred by any of the following provisions relating to persons escaping, taken away or absent after being sent to a remand home, special reception centre or approved school or after being committed to the care of a fit person, that is to say—

(a) sections 78(4), 82(1) and 85 of the principal Act; and

(b) sections 82(4), 86(1) and 89 of the principal Scottish Act;

shall be exercisable also—

(i) in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man ; and

(ii) in relation to persons sent to a remand home or training school or committed to the care of a fit person under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 or any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the time being in force (including persons so committed and boarded out).

(2) Any person who knowingly harbours or conceals any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (ii) of the preceding subsection or prevents him from returning shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.

(3) Every person who is authorised by the managers of a training school within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 to arrest a person under their care and bring him back to his school shall, for the purpose of acting on that authority, have all the powers, protection and privileges—

(a) in Great Britain or the Isle of Man, of a constable ;

(b) in Jersey, of a member of the police ;

(c) in any other part of the Channel Islands, of an officer of police within the meaning of section 43 of the Larceny (Guernsey) Law 1958, or any corresponding law for the time being in force.