S.I. No. 274/2016 - Children Act 2001 (Designation of Remand Centre) Order 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th May, 2016.

I, KATHERINE ZAPPONE, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (1) to (11) of section 88 (amended by section 5 of the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 30 of 2015)) of the Children Act 2001 (No. 24 of 2001), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Children Act 2001 (Designation of Remand Centre) Order 2016.

2. In this Order, “Amalgamation Order” means the Children Act 2001 (Amalgamation of Children Detention Schools) Order 2016.

3. This Order comes into operation on 1 June 2016, being the date specified in the Amalgamation Order as the amalgamation date.

4. The children detention school formed by the Amalgamation Order and known as Oberstown Children Detention Campus situated within the Oberstown Campus, Oberstown, Lusk, in the county of Dublin, is designated as a remand centre.

5. The sex and age of children who may be remanded to Oberstown Children Detention Campus are as follows:

(a) boys who, on the date of the court decision to remand in custody, are aged not less than 10 years old and less than 18 years old;

(b) girls who, on the date of the court decision to remand in custody, are aged not less than 10 years old and less than 18 years old.

6. The following are revoked:

(a) the Children Act 2001 (Designation of Remand Centres) Order 2012 ( S.I. No. 136 of 2012 );

(b) the Children Act 2001 (Designation of Remand Centres) (Amendment) Order 2015 ( S.I. No. 95 of 2015 ).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 May 2016.

KATHERINE ZAPPONE,

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The effect of this Order is to designate Oberstown Children Detention Campus, a children detention school created as a result of the amalgamation of three children detention schools in Oberstown, Lusk, Co Dublin, as a remand centre for children remanded in custody under section 88 of the Children Act 2001 . The Order also confirms the age categories of children who may be remanded in custody to Oberstown Children Detention Campus.