15Appointment by court of acting nearest relative
(1)Sections 52 and 53 of the principal Act (appointment by court of acting nearest relative) shall be amended as follows.
(2)After section 52(4) there shall be inserted—
“(4A)An order made on the ground specified in subsection (3) (a) or (b) of this section may specify a period for which it is to continue in force unless previously discharged under section 53 of this Act.”
(3)In section 53(4) after the words " cease to have effect" there shall be inserted the words " at the expiration of the period, if any, specified under subsection (4A) of that section or, where no period is so specified ".