18.—(1) In section 38 (automatic restriction on removal of wards of court), in subsection (2), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)proceedings for dissolution or annulment or legal separation in respect of the civil partnership of his parents are continuing in a court in another part of the United Kingdom (that is to say, in a part of the United Kingdom outside the jurisdiction of the court of which he is a ward), or”.
(2) In subsection (3)(b) of that section, for “(2)(a) above” substitute “(2)(a) or (aa) above”.
1986 c. 55, as amended by the Children Act 1989 s. 108(5) Schedule 13, the Children (NI) Order 1995 S.I. 1995/755 and S.I. 2005/265.