Children Act, 2001

Closure of schools.

163.—(1) Where the Minister is of opinion that a children detention school is no longer suitable for the detention of children or is no longer needed for that purpose, the Minister may make an order declaring that the school shall cease to be such a school as and from a time specified in the order.

(2) Where a board of management of a children detention school, or the managers of a place to which section 161 applies, informs or inform the Minister that a school is temporarily unsuitable for the detention of children, the Minister may make an order declaring that the school is to cease to be such a school for a period to be specified in the order.

(3) Where a children detention school ceases for any time to be such a school pursuant to an order under this section, the children detained therein shall be placed out under supervision in the community or transferred to another children detention school in accordance with the provisions of this Part relating to such placing out or transfer.

(4) The Minister shall cause a copy of any order made under this section to be sent to the board of management, or the managers, of the school or place concerned, the President of the High Court, the President of the Circuit Court and the President of the District Court.

Boards of Management