Children (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 88 of Principal Act

5. Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “part or all of a children detention school, which in the Minister’s opinion is suitable for the custody of children who are remanded under this section (referred to in this Act as a remand centre ‘situated in’ a children detention school)” for “part of a children detention school, which in the Minister’s opinion is suitable for the custody of children who are remanded under this section”,

(b) in subsection (8), by the substitution of “situated in” for “part of”,

(c) in subsection (9), by the substitution of “situated in” for “part of”, and

(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (10):

“(10A) Where the Court remands a child to a remand centre under subsection (2), the lawfulness of the remand and the period of the remand shall not be affected should the child attain the age of 18 years during the period of the remand in question, and in such a case this Act shall apply to the person during the remainder of that period of the remand as it applies to a child on remand.”.