31. Provision of places of temporary care and protection

Terms defined in s 2

• home for children and young persons

  home for children and young persons

  Defined · s 2

  “home for children and young persons” has the meaning given by the First Schedule to the Social Residential Homes Act 2025;

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• place

  place

  Defined · s 2

  “place” includes any vessel, conveyance, house, building, enclosure, street, land or open space;

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• place of temporary care and protection

  place of temporary care and protection

  Defined · s 2

  “place of temporary care and protection” means any place or institution designated to be a place of temporary care and protection under section 31 or any other suitable place the occupier of which is willing temporarily to receive a child or young person committed under section 10, 11 or 54;

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