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The Armed Forces Act 1991

14.—(1) The Armed Forces Act 1991(1) shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this Article.

(2) In section 17(4)(f) (power to make service family child assessment orders), after the words “Children Act 1989” there shall be added the words “or Article 53 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995”.

(3) In section 18(7)(f) (content, effect, variation and discharge of assessment orders), after the words “Children Act 1989” there shall be added the words “or Article 53 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995”.

(4) In section 20(8)(e) (content and effect of protection orders), after the words “Children Act 1989” there shall be added the words “or Article 53 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995”.

(5) In section 21(4)(b) (duration of protection orders), for the words “Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968” there shall be substituted the words “Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995”

(6) In section 23(1) (interpretation of Part III)—

(a)in the definition of “contact order”, after the words “Children Act 1989” there shall be added the words “or Article 8(1) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as the case may be”;

(b)in the definition of “parental responsibility” after the words “Children Act 1989” there shall be added the words “or Article 6 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995”.