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Amendment of section 161 of Act of 2001.
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149.— Section 161 of the Act of 2001 is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (1):
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“(1) The Minister may enter into arrangements with any person or body for the provision by that person or body on behalf of the Minister of a place (except a prison) where children found guilty of offences can be detained.
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(1A) Before entering into any such arrangements, the Minister shall be satisfied that the place provides treatment or other facilities not available in children detention schools.
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(1B) The Minister may enter into arrangements under subsection (1) with more than one such person or body.
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(1C) A child detained in a children detention school may be transferred to a place provided under subsection (1) with the agreement of the Minister and the person or body providing the place and, with such agreement, may be transferred back to that school”,
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and
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection:
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“(7) In this section, “place” includes part of a building.”.
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