SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Child arrangements orders: amendments
PART 1Amendments of the Children Act 1989
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(1)
Section 41 (representation of child: meaning of “specified proceedings”) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (6)(e) and (h)(ii) (which refer to the making of a residence order) for “residence order with respect to” substitute “
child arrangements order with respect to the living arrangements of
”
.
(3)
After subsection (6A) insert—
“(6B)
For the purposes of subsection (6), a child arrangements order is one made with respect to the living arrangements of a child if the arrangements regulated by the order consist of, or include, arrangements which relate to either or both of the following—
(a)
with whom the child is to live, and
(b)
when the child is to live with any person.”