Children Act 1975

Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)

67 In section 1(2) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph (b—

“(bb) it is probable that the conditions set out in paragraph (a) of this subsection will be satisfied in his case, having regard to the fact that a person who has been convicted of an offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1933 is, or may become, a member of the same household as the child ;”.

68 The following section is inserted after section 11—

“11A Local authority functions under certain supervision orders.

The Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to the exercise by a local authority of their functions in a case where a person has been placed under their supervision by an order made under section 1(3)(b) or 21(2) of this Act.”

69 In section 21—

(a) the following subsection is inserted after subsection (2)—

“(2A) A juvenile court shall not make an order under subsection (2) of this section in the case of a person who has not attained the age of 18 and appears to the court to be in need of care or control unless the court is satisified that, whether through the making of a supervision order or otherwise, he will receive that care or control.”;

(b) in subsection (3) for "the preceeding subsection" there is substituted "subsection (2) of this section".

70 The following section is inserted after section 21—

“21A Termination of care order on adoption, etc.

A care order relating to a child shall cease to have effect—

(a) on the adoption of the child ;

(b) if an order under section 14 or section 25 of the Children Act 1975 is made in relation to the child ;

(c) if an order similar to an order under section 25 of the Children Act 1975 is made in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands in relation to the child.”

71 In section 27—

(a) in subsection (3), for the words "their general duty aforesaid" there are substituted the words "their general duty under section 12(1) of the Children Act 1948" ;

(b) the following subsections are substituted for subsection (4)—

“(4) Without prejudice to their general duty under the said section 12, it shall be the duty of a local authority to review the case of each child in their care in accordance with regulations made under the following subsection.

(5) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to—

(a) the manner in which cases are to be reviewed under this section ;

(b) the consideration to which the local authority are to have regard in reviewing cases under this section ; and

(c) the time when a child's case is first to be reviewed and the frequency of subsequent reviews under this section. ”

72 In section 58(1), the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph (b)—

“(bb) premises in which a child is living with a person other than his parent, guardian, relative or custodian, with whom he has been placed by an adoption agency (within the meaning of section 1 of the Children Act 1975);”.