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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 208

Detention must be only appropriate sentence

208 Detention must be only appropriate sentence

A court may make a detention order against a child only if the court, after—

(a) considering all other available sentences; and
(b) taking into account the desirability of not holding a child in detention;
is satisfied that no other sentence is appropriate in the circumstances of the case.



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