PART 2Children order amendments

I1133Definition of harm

1

In Article 2(2) of the Children Order (interpretation), at the appropriate place insert—

  • “impairment of health or development” includes, for example, impairment suffered as a result of—

    1. a

      the ill-treatment of another, or

    2. b

      behaviour directed at another that falls within section 2 of the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (what amounts to abusive behaviour),

    whether or not the child who suffered the impairment saw or heard, or was present during that ill-treatment or behaviour;

2

In Article 12A(1) of the Children Order (residence and contact orders and domestic violence), for the words from “through seeing” to the end of the paragraph substitute “as a result of any behaviour of the prohibited person.”.