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166. For Article 66 (guardians ad litem) substitute the following Articles—
66.—(1) For the purpose of any application for an adoption order or an order freeing a child for adoption or an order under Article 20 or 57, an authorised court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the child concerned.
(2) The guardian ad litem—
(a)shall be appointed in accordance with adoption rules; and
(b)shall be under a duty to safeguard the interests of the child in the prescribed manner.
66A.—(1) The Department may by regulations provide for the establishment of panels of persons from whom guardians ad litem appointed under Article 66 must be selected.
(2) The regulations may, in particular, make provision—
(a)for the constitution, administration and procedures of panels and for the appointment of panel managers;
(b)for the defrayment of expenses and for the payment of fees and allowances;
(c)as to the qualifications for appointment as a guardian ad litem;
(d)as to the training to be given to guardians ad litem or to persons with a view to their appointment as guardians ad litem; and
(e)for monitoring the work of guardians ad litem.
(3) Adoption rules may make provision as to the assistance which any guardian ad litem may be required by the court to give to it.
(4) The Department may, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, make such grants as the Department considers appropriate with respect to expenditure incurred under regulations made under this Article.”.
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