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Part 2E+W[F1Local authority] functions

Persons detained in youth accommodationE+W

51Detention of child or young person: [F2local authorities] to be notifiedE+W

After section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) insert—

39ADetention of child or young person: [F2local authorities] to be notified

(1)Subsection (2) applies where a youth offending team becomes aware that—

(a)a child or young person has become subject to a detention order and is detained in relevant youth accommodation, or

(b)a child or young person who is subject to a detention order has been transferred from one place of accommodation to another which is relevant youth accommodation.

(2)The youth offending team must as soon as practicable notify—

(a)the home [F1local authority], and

(b)the host [F1local authority],

of the place where the child or young person is detained.

(3)Subsection (4) applies where a youth offending team becomes aware that a person has been released having immediately before release been—

(a)subject to a detention order, and

(b)detained in relevant youth accommodation.

(4)The youth offending team must as soon as practicable notify the following authorities of the release—

(a)the home [F1local authority];

(b)the host [F1local authority];

(c)any other [F1local authority] in whose area the youth offending team expects the person to live on release.

(5)Nothing in this section requires a youth offending team to notify a [F2local authority] of any matter of which the authority is already aware.

(6)In this section—

and references in this section to a person subject to a detention order and to relevant youth accommodation have the same meanings as they have in the Education Act 1996 (see section 562(1A) of that Act).