Legislation

Section 136A – Use of police stations as places of safety

Introduction

Section 136A prohibits a child (a person aged under 18) from being removed to, or kept at, a place of safety that is a police station. The section also allows regulations to be made to control the use of police stations as places of safety for adults. These regulations are the Mental Health Act (1983) […]

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