SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6 Miscellaneous amendments
Part 6 Other amendments
I157Children in respect of whom protective orders may be made
In section 17 of the Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62) (power to make service family child assessment orders), for subsections (1) and (2) there is substituted—
1
The power to make an order under this section (in this Part of this Act referred to as an “assessment order”) is exercisable only with respect to a child who—
a
resides outside the British Islands with the family of a person subject to service law serving in a country or territory outside the British Islands or of a civilian in a corresponding position, or
b
is staying (for however short a time) outside the British Islands with such a family.
2
In the following provisions of this section and in section 18 of this Act, any reference to a person with whom a child was at any time residing includes a reference to a person with whom a child was staying.