Children and Families Act 2014

25 (1) Section 14B (making of special guardianship orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (matters for court to consider before making special guardianship order)—

(a) in paragraph (a) for “contact order” substitute “child arrangements order containing contact provision”,

(b) in paragraph (c)—

(i) for “a contact order” substitute “provision contained in a child arrangements order”, and

(ii) for “that contact order” substitute “that provision”, and

(c) for paragraph (d) (whether contact activity direction should be discharged) substitute—

“(d) where an activity direction has been made—

(i) in proceedings for the making, variation or discharge of a child arrangements order with respect to the child, or

(ii) in other proceedings that relate to such an order,

that direction should be discharged.”

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) In subsection (1) “contact provision” means provision which regulates arrangements relating to—

(a) with whom a child is to spend time or otherwise have contact, or

(b) when a child is to spend time or otherwise have contact with any person;

but in paragraphs (a) and (b) a reference to spending time or otherwise having contact with a person is to doing that otherwise than as a result of living with the person.”