Armed Forces Act 2001

Children in respect of whom protective orders may be made

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58In section 19 of that Act (power to make orders for the emergency protection of children of service families) for subsections (1) and (2) there is substituted—

(1)The power to make an order under this section (in this Part of this Act referred to as a “protection order”) is exercisable only with respect to a child who—

(a)resides outside the British Islands with the family of a person subject to service law serving in a country or territory outside the British Islands or of a civilian in a corresponding position, or

(b)is staying (for however short a time) outside the British Islands with such a family.

(2)In the following provisions of this Part, any reference to a person with whom a child was at any time residing includes a reference to a person with whom a child was staying.