Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Care, supervision and protection of children E+W

1 (1) Civil legal services provided in relation to— E+W

(a) orders under section 25 of the Children Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) (secure accommodation);

(b) orders under Part 4 of the 1989 Act (care and supervision);

(c) orders under Part 5 of the 1989 Act (protection of children);

(d) approval by a court under paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act (arrangements to assist children to live abroad);

(e) parenting orders under section 8 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”);

(f) child safety orders under section 11 of the 1998 Act;

(g) orders for contact under section 26 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”);

(h) applications for leave of the court to remove a child from a person's custody under section 36 of the 2002 Act;

(i) placement orders, recovery orders or adoption orders under Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the 2002 Act (see sections 21, 41 and 46 of that Act);

(j) orders under section 84 of the 2002 Act (parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad).

(2) Civil legal services provided in relation to an order under an enactment made—

(a) as an alternative to an order mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), or

(b) in proceedings heard together with proceedings relating to such an order.

Exclusions

(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.

Definitions

(4) In this paragraph “children” means persons under the age of 18.