Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

33 (1) Schedule 14 to the Act of 1989 (transitionals and savings) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 15 (children in compulsory care) at the end of sub-paragraph (1) there shall be added “; or—

(h) in care by virtue of an order of the court made in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,”.

(3) In paragraph 16 (modifications)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (4), for the word “(g)” there shall be substituted “(h)”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (5) for the words from “under” to “1973” there shall be substituted “—

(a) under section 4(4)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973;

(b) under section 43(5)(a) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; or

(c) in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,”.

(4) After paragraph 16 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“Cessation of wardship where ward in care

16A Where a child who is a ward of court is in care by virtue of—

(a) an order under section 7(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1969; or

(b) an order made in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,

he shall, on the day on which Part IV commences, cease to be a ward of court.”

(5) In paragraph 22(a) for the word “(g)” there shall be substituted “(h)”.

(6) In paragraph 36(5)(b) for the words “subsection (4)” there shall be substituted “subsection (6)”.