(1) A Court shall not impose a sentence to a correctional facility on a child —
(a) unless the child is over the age of fourteen years at the time of commission of the offence; and
(b) unless substantial and compelling reasons exist for imposing a sentence to a correctional facility, which may include —
(i) conviction of an offence under Schedule 3, or
(ii) a previous failure to respond to an alternative sentence, including a sentence with a residential element; or
(c) in respect of an offence under Schedule 1; or
(d) as an alternative to another sentence specified in this Act.
(2) If a sentence to a correctional facility is imposed on a child under subsection (1) that sentence shall be for a period not exceeding three years.