The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 330

Criminal Law, England And Wales

The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made

8th March 2016

Laid before Parliament

11th March 2016

Coming into force

1st April 2016

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 103(2)(a) and (6) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st April 2016.

Amendment to the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations 2013

2.  Regulation 3 of the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations 2013(2) is amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph (5)(f), after “2015” insert “(but before 1st April 2016)”;

(b) after paragraph (5)(f) insert—

“(g) on or after 1st April 2016, (but before 5th May 2016), £490;

(h) on or after 5th May 2016, £472.”;

(c) in paragraph (6)(c), after “2015” insert “(but before 1st April 2016)”; and

(d) after paragraph (6)(c) insert—

“(d) on or after 1st April 2016, £574.”.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Andrew Selous

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

8th March 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/507) by inserting new amounts that designated authorities are liable to pay the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales in respect of each night on which a child is detained on remand in a secure training centre (decreased from £497 to £490) or a secure children’s home (increased from £559 to £574) on or after 1st April 2016. A further decrease from £490 to £472 for remand in a secure training centre is provided on or after 5th May 2016.

A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector, voluntary sector or civil society organisations.

(1)

2012 c.10.

(2)

S.I. 2013/507, amended by S.I. 2013/2243, S.I. 2014/562, S.I. 2014/981, S.I. 2014/2931 and S.I. 2015/569.