The Children (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1995

The Children and Young Persons Act 1969

7.—(1) The Children and Young Persons Act 1969(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.

(2) In subsection (1) of section 25 (transfers between England or Wales and Northern Ireland) for the words “by a fit person order or by virtue of a training school order or by any order which has effect as if it were a fit person order or by an order under subsection (2) below” there shall be substituted the words “by a relevant order”.

(3) After subsection (1) of section 25 there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1A) In subsection (1) above “by a relevant order” means—

(a) by a fit person order;

(b) by virtue of a training school order; or

(c) by an order under subsection (2) below;

where the order in question is not by virtue of Schedule 8 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 deemed to be a care order within the meaning of that Order.”.

(4) In subsection (1) of section 32 (detention of absentees), in paragraph (d), after the word “1968” there shall be inserted the words “(but not deemed by virtue of Schedule 8 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 to be the subject of a care order within the meaning of that Order)”.

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1969 c. 54; section 25(1) was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Local Government, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 256) Article 3, Schedule 2, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) Schedule 2 paragraph 15(a), and the Children (Prescribed Orders — Northern Ireland, Guernsey and Isle of Man) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2032), Article 8(1)(a); section 32(1) was repealed in part by the Children Act 1975 (c. 72) section 68(2) and the Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), Schedule 6.