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Adoption Act 1976
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Changes over time for: Section 29
Version Superseded: 14/10/1991
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- 30/12/2005- Amendment
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29 Return of child taken away in breach of s. 27 or 28.E+W
[X1(1)An authorised court may on the application of a person from whose [F1actual] custody a child has been removed in breach of section 27 or 28 [F2, or section 27 or 28 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978] order the person who has so removed the child to return the child to the applicant.
X1(2)An authorised court may on the application of a person who has reasonable grounds for believing that another person is intending to remove a child from the applicant’s [F1actual] custody in breach of section 27 or 28 [F2, or section 27 or 28 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978] by order direct that other person not to remove the child from the applicant’s [F1actual] custody in breach of section 27 or 28 [F2, or section 27 or 28 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978].]
[F3(1)An authorised court may, on the application of a person from whose home a child has been removed in breach of—
(a)section 27 or 28,
(b)section 27 or 28 of the M1Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, or
(c)Article 28 or 29 of the M2Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
order the person who has so removed the child to return the child to the applicant.
(2)An authorised court may, on the application of a person who has reasonable grounds for believing that another person is intending to remove a child from his home in breach of—
(a)section 27 or 28,
(b)section 27 or 28 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, or
(c)Article 28 or 29 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987,
by order direct that other person not to remove the child from the applicant’s home in breach of any of those provisions.]
(3)If, in the case of an order made by the High Court under subsection (1), the High Court or, in the case of an order made by a county court under subsection (1), a county court is satisfied that the child has not been returned to the applicant, the court may make an order authorising an officer of the court to search such premises as may be specified in the order for the child and, if the officer finds the child, to return the child to the applicant.
(4)If a justice of the peace is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a child to whom an order under subsection (1) relates is in premises specified in the information, he may issue a search warrant authorising a constable to search the premises for the child; and if a constable acting in pursuance of a warrant under this section finds the child, he shall return the child to the person on whose application the order under subsection (1) was made.
(5)An order under subsection (3) may be enforced in like manner as a warrant for committal.
Editorial Information
X1S. 29(1)(2) commencing “(1) An authorised court may, on the application of a person from whose home” substituted (prosp.) for s. 29(1)(2) commencing “(1) An authorised court may on the application of a person from whose [actual custody]” by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 15 (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1))
Textual Amendments
F1Word inserted by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 60(c)
F2Words inserted by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 34
F3S. 29(1)(2) commencing “(1) An authorised court may, on the application of a person from whose home” substituted (prosp.) for s. 29(1)(2) commencing “(1) An authorised court may on the application of a person from whose [actual custody]” by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), ss. 88, 108, Sch. 10 para. 15 (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1))
Marginal Citations
M11978 c. 28 (49:11).
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