Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

Yn ddilys o 14/10/1991

33(1)Schedule 14 to the Act of 1989 (transitionals and savings) shall be amended as follows.E+W+N.I.

(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 careE+W+N.I.

16AWhere 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)" ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 16 para. 33 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 124(3) and S.I. 1991/1883, art.3, Sch.