Part II Orders With Respect To Children In Family Proceedings

General

11CF1Contact activity conditions

1

This section applies if in any family proceedings the court makes—

a

a contact order with respect to a child, or

b

an order varying a contact order with respect to a child.

2

The contact order may impose, or the contact order may be varied so as to impose, a condition (a “contact activity condition”) requiring an individual falling within subsection (3) to take part in an activity that promotes contact with the child concerned.

3

An individual falls within this subsection if he is—

a

for the purposes of the contact order so made or varied, the person with whom the child concerned lives or is to live;

b

the person whose contact with the child concerned is provided for in that order; or

c

a person upon whom that order imposes a condition under section 11(7)(b).

4

The condition is to specify the activity and the person providing the activity.

5

Subsections (5) and (6) of section 11A have effect as regards the activities that may be required by a contact activity condition as they have effect as regards the activities that may be required by a contact activity direction.

6

Subsection (2) has effect subject to the restrictions in sections 11D and 11E.