102 Remands to youth detention accommodation

102  Remands to youth detention accommodation

(1)     A remand to youth detention accommodation is a remand to such accommodation of a kind listed in subsection (2) as the Secretary of State directs in the child's case.

(2)     Those kinds of accommodation are—

(a)     a secure children's home,

[(aa)     a secure college,]

(b)     a secure training centre,

(c)     a young offender institution, and

(d)     accommodation, or accommodation of a description, for the time being specified by [regulations under section 248(1)(f) of the Sentencing Code] (youth detention accommodation for purposes of detention and training order provisions).

(3)     A child's detention in one of those kinds of accommodation pursuant to a remand to youth detention accommodation is lawful.

(4)     Where a court remands a child to youth detention accommodation, the court must—

[(za)     state in open court that it has considered subsections (3) and (4A) of section 91,]

(a)     state in open court that it is of the opinion mentioned in section 98(4), 99(7), 100(4) or 101(7) (as the case may be), and

(b)     explain to the child in open court and in ordinary language why it is of that opinion.

(5)     A magistrates' court must ensure a reason that it

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