Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Amendments to other enactments - Amendments to Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989

161: Custody of child or young person pending hearing

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"Who looks after a child or young person while they wait for a court decision?"

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When a court is deciding what to do with a child or young person, you might wonder who looks after them while they wait for the court to make a decision. The law says that the court must follow the rules that have been changed in the Act, which you can find out more about by looking at the Act(s). This is so that the child or young person is safe and cared for until the court makes its decision.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Amendments to other enactments: Amendments to Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989

161Custody of child or young person pending hearing

  1. Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).