[F125ARestriction on removal of child from care of voluntary organisation. S
(1)Section 17(8) of this Act shall apply in relation to a child who is not in the care of a local authority under section 15 of this Act but who is in the care of a voluntary organisation, as it applies by virtue of subsection (3A) of the said section 15 to a child in the care of a local authority except that, in the case of a child who is not in the care of a local authority, references in subsection (3A) to a local authority shall be construed as references to the voluntary organisation in whose care the child is.
(2)For the purposes of this section, a child is in the care of a voluntary organisation if the voluntary organisation is providing accommodation for the child in a residential establishment or has boarded out the child.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 25A inserted by Children Act 1975 (c. 72, SIF 49:9, 10), s. 81
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 24–26 applied by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:2), s. 413(3) as substituted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), s. 59(3)