Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Care, supervision and protection of children E+W

1 (1) Civil legal services provided in relation to— E+W

(a) orders under section 25 of the Children Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) (secure accommodation);

(b) orders under Part 4 of the 1989 Act (care and supervision);

(c) orders under Part 5 of the 1989 Act (protection of children);

(d) approval by a court under paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act (arrangements to assist children to live abroad);

(e) parenting orders under section 8 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) [F1 or section 366 or 369 of the Sentencing Code];

(f) child safety orders under section 11 of the 1998 Act;

(g) orders for contact under section 26 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”);

(h) applications for leave of the court to remove a child from a person's custody under section 36 of the 2002 Act;

(i) placement orders, recovery orders or adoption orders under Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the 2002 Act (see sections 21, 41 and 46 of that Act);

(j) orders under section 84 of the 2002 Act (parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad).

[F2 (k) orders under section 119 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) (secure accommodation);

(l) approval by a court under section 124 of the 2014 Act (arrangements to assist children to live abroad).]

(2) Civil legal services provided in relation to an order under an enactment made—

(a) as an alternative to an order mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), or

(b) in proceedings heard together with proceedings relating to such an order.

Exclusions

(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.

Definitions

(4) In this paragraph “children” means persons under the age of 18.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1(1)(e) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 289(2) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F2 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1(1)(k)(j) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 290(a)