[F167 Recovery of children in care of local authorities.S
(1)This section applies to a child—
(a)who is in the care of a local authority under section 1 of the Children Act 1948; and
(b)with respect to whom there is in force a resolution under section 2 of that Act; and
(c)who—
(i)has run away from accommodation provided for him by the local authority under Part II of the said Act; or
(ii)has been taken away from such accommodation contrary to section 3(8) of the said Act; or
(iii)has not been returned to the local authority as required by a notice served under section 49 of the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1963 on a person under whose charge and control the child was, in accordance with section 13(2) of the said Act of 1948, allowed to be.
(2)If a justice of the peace is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person specified in the information can produce the child to whom this section applies, he may issue a summons directed to the person so specified and requiring him to attend and produce the child before a magistrates’ court acting for the same petty sessions area as the justice.
(3)Without prejudice to the powers under subsection (2) above, if a justice of the peace is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a child to whom this section applies is in premises specified in the information, he may issue a search warrant authorising a person named in the warrant, being an officer of the local authority in whose care the child is, to search the premises for the child; and if the child is found, he shall be placed in such accommodation as the local authority may provide for him under Part II of the Children Act 1948.
(4)A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a summons under subsection (2) shall, without prejudice to any liability apart from this subsection, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 67 repealed (E.W.) by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5, SIF 20), s. 89, Sch. 6
Marginal Citations
M11963 c. 37(20).