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Part VU.K. Return and Removal of Children within United Kingdom

TransferU.K.

72 Supervision of children moving to England or Wales or Northern Ireland.U.K.

(1)Where a children’s hearing are satisfied that a child in respect of whom a supervision requirement under section 44(1)(a) of this Act is in force proposes to reside or is residing in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland they may either—

(a)discharge the supervision requirement; or

(b)send notification of the requirement

[F1(i)in the case of residence in England and Wales, to a youth court acting for the petty sessions area (within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969);

(ii)in the case of residence in Northern Ireland, to a juvenile court acting for the petty sessions district (within the meaning of Part III of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981).]

in which the child proposes to reside or is residing.

[F2(1A)[F3A youth court]to which notification of a supervision requirement is sent under this section may make a supervision order in respect of the person to whom the notification relates but, notwithstanding anything in section 76(1) of this Act, shall not include in the order a requirement authorised by section 12 [F412A, 12AA, 12B or 12C]]of the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1969 unless that person is before the court when the supervision order is made; and in relation to a supervision order made by virtue of this subsection—

[F5[(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(b)section 17 of that Act shall have effect as if in paragraph (a) the references to three years and the date on which the order was originally made were respectively references to one year and the date on which the said notification was sent and as if in paragraph (b) the words from “the order was” to “and” were omitted.]

[F6(2)A juvenile court to which notification of a supervision requirement is sent under this section may make in respect of the child subject to that requirement—

(a)if he is over the age of ten years but has not attained the age of fourteen years, a supervision order placing the child under the supervision of a probation officer;

(b)if he is over the age of fourteen years, a probation order; or

(c)in any case, a supervision order placing him under the supervision of an authority within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.

(2A)An order under subsection (2) shall be for a period not exceeding one year beginning with the day on which the notification was sent.

(2B)Subject to subsection (2A), the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 shall apply to a supervision order under paragraph (a) of subsection (2), the provisions of the Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 shall apply to a probation order under paragraph (b) of that subsection and the provisions of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 shall apply to a supervision order under paragraph (c) of that subsection as if the supervision or probation order had been made under that Act or Order.]

(3)Where a case is disposed of by a [F7 youth court or, as the case may be]juvenile court in pursuance of this section in respect of a child subject to a supervision requirement, the requirement shall cease to have effect.

F8(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

73 Supervision of children moving to Scotland.U.K.

(1)Where a juvenile court in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland is satisfied that a child in respect of whom a probation order or a supervision order is in force proposes to reside or is residing in Scotland, the court may either—

(a)discharge the probation order or supervision order; or

(b)send notification of that order to the [F9Principal Reporter]

and on the receipt of such a notification it shall be the duty of the [F10Principal Reporter]

[F11(i) in the case of a supervision order made by virtue of [F12sections 189(4) and 390(4) of the M2Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975] to notify the appropriate court and to transmit to that court all documents and certified copies of documents relating to the case which the [F10Principal Reporter] has received by virtue of section 76 of this Act;

(ii)in any other case.]

to arrange a children’s hearing for the consideration and determination of the case under Part III of this Act.

[F13In this subsection “the appropriate court” means the sheriff having jurisdiction in the area in which the child proposes to reside or is residing or, where the original probation order was imposed by the High Court of Justiciary, that Court.]

[F14(1A)Where a court in England or Wales is satisfied that a child in respect of whom the court proposes to make a supervision order is residing or proposes to reside in Scotland, the court may make the order notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of section 18 of the M3Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (which relates to residence of the supervised person in England or Wales); and where the court makes a supervision order by virtue of this subsection—

(a)the areas to be named in the order in pursuance of subsection (2)(a) of the said section 18 shall be those in which the court is sitting;

(b)the order may require the supervised person to comply with directions of the supervisor with respect to his departure to Scotland, and any such requirement shall, for the purposes of sections 15 and 16 of that Act (which relate to the variation and discharge of supervision orders), be deemed to be included in the order in pursuance of section 12(2) of that Act; and

(c)the court shall send notification of the order as mentioned in paragraph (b) of the foregoing subsection and the provisions of that subsection relating to the duty of the [F10Principal Reporter] shall apply accordingly.]

(2)For the purposes of a children’s hearing arranged in pursuance of the foregoing [F15provisions of this section] the notification by a . . . F16 court of a probation order or supervision order shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of that order in relation to the child.

(3)When a children’s hearing have disposed of a case referred to them under this section the probation order or the supervision order in respect of the child shall cease to have effect.

74 Parent of a child in a residential establishment under a supervision requirement moving to England or Wales or Northern Ireland.U.K.

(1)Where a children’s hearing are satisfied that the parent of a child who is required to reside in a residential establishment under a supervision requirement made under section 44(1)(b) of this Act proposes to reside or is residing in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland they shall review the requirement, and on such review they may as they think proper—

(a)discharge the supervision requirement;

(b)continue the supervision requirement;

(c)vary the supervision requirement by making a supervision requirement under subsection (1)(a) of the said section 44 and send notification of that requirement in accordance with section 72(1)(b) of this Act; or

(d)make a report on the case to the Secretary of State with a recommendation for the transfer of the child in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

(2)If the Secretary of State is for any reason unable to accept a recommendation for the transfer of a child made under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section, he may refer the matter back to the children’s hearing for their reconsideration of the case, or himself discharge the supervision requirement.

(3)Where such a recommendation is made and is not dealt with under subsection (2) of this section, the Secretary of State may make an order transferring the child to the care of the managers of a school . . . F17 in Northern Ireland, being . . . F17, a training school within the meaning of the M4Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 or, . . . F17, committing him to the care of the local authority or, as the case may be, of the welfare authority in whose area the parent of the child proposes to reside or is residing.

(4)The provisions of . . . F17 the said Act of 1950 shall apply to any order under this section transferring a child to the care of the managers of . . . F17 a training school as if it were . . . F17 a training school order made by a court on the date on which the supervision requirement was originally made under section 44 of this Act in respect of the child:

Provided that—

(a)notwithstanding anything in . . . F17 section 75 of the said Act of 1950, the order under this section shall not be authority for his detention in . . . F17 a training school after he has attained the age of eighteen years,

(b)the contributions to be made in respect of him under . . . F17 section 126 of the said Act of 1950 shall be made by such council as may be named in the order under this section, being the council within whose district his parent proposes to reside or is residing at the time of the order.

[F18(5)An order under this section committing a child to the care of an authority within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 shall have effect as if it were a care order under that Order, but as if Article 50(9) were omitted.]

[F19(6)An order under this section committing a child to the care of a local authority shall have effect as if it were a care order under the [F20Children Act 1989, but as if section 31(8) were omitted].]

75 Parent of a child subject to an approved school order or a committal order moving to Scotland.U.K.

(1)Where . . . F21[F22the Secretary of State] is satisfied that the parent of a child who is subject to an . . . F21 training school order [F23or an order under section 74(3) of this Act relating to a training school] proposes to reside or is residing in Scotland, he may refer the case to the [F24Principal Reporter] and if the case is so referred the [F25Principal Reporter] shall arrange a children’s hearing for the consideration and determination of the case under Part III of this Act.

(2)Where a child has been committed to the care of a local authority in England or Wales [F26by a care order (other than an interim order) within the meaning of the [F27Children Act 1989] or an order under section 74(3) of this Act], or committed to the care of [F28an authority within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 in Northern Ireland by a care order (other than an interim order) within the meaning of that Order or an order under][F29the said section 74(3)] and that authority are satisfied that the parent of the child proposes to reside or is residing in Scotland, the authority may make the like reference of the case as mentioned in the foregoing subsection and the [F25Principal Reporter] shall arrange a children’s hearing accordingly.

(3)Any reference under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall include particulars of the . . . F21 training school order [F30or order under the said section 74(3) relating to a training school] or, as the case may be, of the order committing the child to the care of the local or [F31other] authority; and for the purposes of any children’s hearing arranged pursuant to the reference those particulars shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of that order in relation to the child.

(4)When a children’s hearing have disposed of a case referred to them under this section the order [F32under the said section 74(3) or] of the court in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland in respect of the child shall cease to have effect.

76 Procedure.U.K.

(1)A children’s hearing or . . . F33 court, in exercising any jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in respect of a child, may proceed in the absence of the child or his parent or both.

(2)It shall be the duty of the [F34Principal Reporter] at any children’s hearing arranged for the purposes of section 72 of this Act and of the clerk to any . . . F33 court referring a case to [F35the Principal Reporter] for the purposes of section 73 of this Act to ensure that all documents relating to the case or certified copies thereof are transmitted to the . . . F33 court or, as the case may be, to the [F34Principal Reporter][F36to which the case stands referred].

(3)Where a child is to be transferred from a residential establishment in Scotland to any place in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland under this Part of this Act, it shall be the duty of the local authority responsible for the child to ensure the transfer of the child to that place.

(4)Where a children’s hearing is arranged under this Part of this Act in respect of a child subject to an . . . F33 training school order [F37or order under section 74(3) of this Act relating to a training school] or committed to the care of a local authority in England or Wales [F38or of an authority within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995] in Northern Ireland, it shall be the duty of the managers . . . F33 of the training school or, as the case may be, of that local [F39or other] authority to ensure the transfer of the child to the place notified to them by the [F34Principal Reporter].

77 Meaning of child for the purposes of this Part of this Act.U.K.

(1)“Child” in this Part of this Act means—

(a)for the purpose of sections 69 to 71, a child within the meaning of Part III of this Act,

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

(c)for any other purpose, a person under eighteen.

(2)“Parent” in this Part of this Act includes a guardian.