(1) Subject to subsection (2), a sentence to a secure residential facility shall not exceed two years.
(2) A sentence to a secure residential facility may be imposed for a period exceeding two years if the child is under the age of fourteen years and he or she would have been sentenced to imprisonment due to the seriousness of the offence were it not for section 54(1)(a).
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a child under subsection (2) may not be required to reside in a secure residential facility beyond the age of eighteen years.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a child may request permission, in the prescribed form, from the head of the secure residential facility to continue to reside at the secure residential facility for the purposes of completing his or her education in the following circumstances —
(a) on completion of a sentence at a secure residential facility; or
(b) in the case of a child under subsection (2), on attainment of the age of eighteen years.