[23 GEO. 5.]

Children and

Young Persons Act, 1933.

[CH. 12.]

4TH SCH. --cont.

4. If it appears to the managers of an approved school A.D. 1933. that a person who has been ordered to be sent to their school requires medical attention before he can properly be received into the school, or that a person detained in the school requires such attention, they may make arrangements for him to be received into and detained in any hospital, home or other institution where he can receive the necessary attention; and that person, while so detained, shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be under the care of the managers of the school, and shall, for the purposes of section nine of the Mental Deficiency Act, 3 & 4 Geo. 5. 1913, be deemed to be detained in the school.

Power to Place out Pupils.

5. At any time during the period of a person's detention in an approved school the managers of the school may grant leave to him to be absent therefrom in the charge of such person and for such period as they think fit, but during such leave he shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be under the care of the managers of the school, and the managers may at any time require him to return to the school.

6.—(1) At any time during the period of a person's detention in an approved school the managers of the school may and, if the Secretary of State so directs, shall by licence in writing permit him to live with his parent, or with any trust- worthy and respectable person (to be named in the licence) who is willing to receive and take charge of him :

Provided that, without the consent of the Secretary of State, a licence shall not be granted during the first twelve months of the period of a person's detention.

(2) The Secretary of State shall through his inspectors review the progress made by persons detained in approved schools with a view to ensuring that they shall be placed out on licence as soon as they are fit to be so placed out.

(3) The managers of the school may at any time by order in writing revoke any licence, and require the person to whom it relates to return to the school.

(4) For the purposes of this Act a person who is out on licence from an approved school shall be deemed to be under the care of the managers of the school.

7. If a person under the care of the managers of an approved school conducts himself well, the managers of the school may, with his written consent, apprentice or place him in any trade, calling, or service, including service in the Navy, Army or Air Force, or may, with his written consent and with the written consent of the Secretary of State, arrange for his emigration.

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c. 28.

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