(1) The Court shall conclude the trial of an accused child as speedily as possible and shall ensure that adjournments are limited in number and duration.
(2) Sections 31 and 34, apply, with the necessary modifications required by the context, to the Court if the child appearing in the Court for the first time is in detention.
(3) If a child remains in detention in a place of safety, a secure residential facility or a correctional facility and the trial of the child is not concluded within eighteen months from the date on which the child has pleaded to the charge, the child shall be released from detention, unless he or she is charged with an offence listed under Schedule 3 item 1, 2 or 3.