157 Youth remand

Part 8 Youth Justice

Youth remand

157  Youth remand

(1)     The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 91 (remands of children otherwise than on bail), after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)     Before deciding whether to remand a child to youth detention accommodation in accordance with section 102 the court must consider the interests and welfare of the child.”

(3)     In section 98 (first set of conditions for a remand to youth detention accommodation)—

(a)     in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)     the sentencing condition (see subsection (2A)),”;

(b)     after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)     The sentencing condition is that it appears to the court that it is very likely that the child will be sentenced to a custodial sentence for the offence mentioned in

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