Part 5Child assessment and child protection orders

Decision of children's hearing

47Decision of children's hearing

(1)

A children's hearing arranged under section 45 or 46 may—

(a)

if it is satisfied that the conditions for making the order are met—

(i)

continue the order, or

(ii)

continue and vary the order (including by terminating, varying or including an information non-disclosure direction, a contact direction or a parental responsibilities and rights direction), or

(b)

if it is not satisfied that those conditions are met, terminate the order.

(2)

In subsection (1), the “conditions for making the order” are—

(a)

where the order was made under section 38, the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (d) of that section,

(b)

where the order was made under section 39, the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) and (b) of that section.