Part VI Voluntary Homes and Voluntary Organisations
Transfer of parental rights and duties in relation to children in care of voluntary organisations
67 Appeals by parents etc.
1
Subsections (2) to (7) of section 3 of this Act shall apply to a resolution under section 64 of this Act as they apply to a resolution under the said section 3, with the substitution for the reference in subsection (2) to the vesting of parental rights and duties in the local authority of a reference to the vesting of parental rights and duties in the voluntary organisation.
2
An appeal may be made—
a
where the complaint relates to a resolution under section 64 of this Act, by a person deprived of parental rights and duties by the resolution, or
b
where the complaint relates to a resolution under section 65 of this Act, by a person who but for that resolution and an earlier resolution under section 64 would have parental rights and duties,
to a juvenile court having jurisdiction in the area of the authority which passed the resolution, on the ground that—
i
there was no ground for the making of the resolution, or
ii
that the resolution should in the interests of the child be determined.
3
An appeal shall lie to the High Court against the decision of a juvenile court under this section.
4
Section 7 of this Act shall apply in relation to proceedings under this section.