The Children and Young Persons Act 19697
1
The Children and Young Persons Act 19699 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.
2
In subsection (1) of section 25 (transfers between England or Wales and Northern Ireland) for the words “by a fit person order or by virtue of a training school order or by any order which has effect as if it were a fit person order or by an order under subsection (2) below” there shall be substituted the words “by a relevant order”.
3
After subsection (1) of section 25 there shall be inserted the following subsection—
1A
In subsection (1) above “by a relevant order” means—
a
by a fit person order;
b
by virtue of a training school order; or
c
by an order under subsection (2) below;
where the order in question is not by virtue of Schedule 8 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 deemed to be a care order within the meaning of that Order.
4
In subsection (1) of section 32 (detention of absentees), in paragraph (d), after the word “1968” there shall be inserted the words “(but not deemed by virtue of Schedule 8 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 to be the subject of a care order within the meaning of that Order)”.