The Armed Forces (Protection of Children of Service Families) Regulations 2009

Applications for the variation or revocation of directions in protection orders

16.—(1) Where, before the coming into force of these Regulations—

(a) an application for the variation or revocation of a direction given under section 20(4) has been made in accordance with regulation 8(2) of the 1996 Regulations, and

(b) it has not been decided whether to vary or revoke the direction,

subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the application is to be treated as an application to which regulation 7(1)(a) applies and which has been made in accordance with regulation 7(3).

(2) The applicant shall provide the court administration officer with a copy of the application.

(3) Any person having the right under regulation 7(4) to make representations shall be entitled—

(a) to attend any hearing which is held for the purposes of determining whether any direction should be varied or revoked; and

(b) to be represented at any such hearing.

(4) Where —

(a) before the date on which these Regulations come into force, the officer having jurisdiction has varied or revoked a direction given under section 20(4),

(b) he has not, before that date, complied with regulation 8(6) of the 1996 Regulations, and

(c) in a case where he has varied the direction, it remains in effect on that date,

he shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give notice in writing of the revocation or, as the case may be, the variation to the persons mentioned in regulation 15(4).