SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 Children Act 1989

Part I Amendment of Act and Other Enactments Affected

The Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

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1

Schedule 14 to the Act of 1989 (transitionals and savings) shall be amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 15 (children in compulsory care) at the end of sub-paragraph (1) there shall be added

; or—

h

in care by virtue of an order of the court made in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,

3

In paragraph 16 (modifications)—

a

in sub-paragraph (4), for the word “(g)" there shall be substituted “ (h)" ”; and

b

in sub-paragraph (5) for the words from “under" to “1973" there shall be substituted

—

a

under section 4(4)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973;

b

under section 43(5)(a) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; or

c

in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,

4

After paragraph 16 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

Cessation of wardship where ward in care

16A

Where a child who is a ward of court is in care by virtue of—

a

an order under section 7(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1969; or

b

an order made in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,

he shall, on the day on which Part IV commences, cease to be a ward of court.

5

In paragraph 22(a) for the word “(g)" there shall be substituted “ (h)" ”.

6

In paragraph 36(5)(b) for the words “subsection (4)" there shall be substituted “ subsection (6)" ”.