Part 8

Sentencing Powers and Mandatory etc Sentences
Chapter 5

Young Offenders: Custodial Sentences Available to Service Courts

Detention for certain serious offences

Detention under section 209: place of detention etc
210
1
A person sentenced to be detained under section 209 is liable to be detained in such place, and under such conditions, as may be determined by the Secretary of State or by such other person as may be authorised by him for the purpose.
2
A person detained in pursuance of a sentence under section 209 shall be deemed to be in legal custody.
S. 210 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)
Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2041), art. 1, rule 128(2)
S. 210 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
S. 210 modified (E.W.) (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 245(1)(2)(d)(4), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 245(3), 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2