Part V Protection of Children
F144B Undertakings relating to emergency protection orders.
1
In any case where the court has power to include an exclusion requirement in an emergency protection order, the court may accept an undertaking from the relevant person.
2
No power of arrest may be attached to any undertaking given under subsection (1).
3
An undertaking given to a court under subsection (1)—
a
shall be enforceable as if it were an order of the court, and
b
shall cease to have effect if, while it is in force, the applicant has removed the child from the dwelling-house from which the relevant person is excluded to other accommodation for a continuous period of more than 24 hours.
4
This section has effect without prejudice to the powers of the High Court and F2family court apart from this section.
5
In this section “exclusion requirement” and “relevant person” have the same meaning as in section 44A.