The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

Contents

3,558 provisions, too many to show on one page. Open a part or section to read it with its history and connections, or search inside the text.

1. Part I · Introductory
   1. 1 Title and commencement
   2. 2 Interpretation
2. Part II · General
   1. Child's welfare
   2. Parental responsibility
3. Part III · Orders with respect to children in family proceedings
   1. General
   2. Family assistance orders
   3. Financial relief
4. Part IV · Support for children and their families
   1. Miscellaneous
   2. Advice and assistance for certain children and young persons
   3. Children in need and their families
   4. Children looked after by an authority
   5. Contributions towards maintenance of children looked after by an authority
5. Part V · Care and supervision
   1. General
   2. Introductory
   3. Care orders
   4. Education supervision orders
   5. Children’s court guardians
   6. Powers of court
   7. Supervision orders
6. Part VI · Protection of children
   1. 62 Child assessment orders
   2. 63 Orders for emergency protection of children
   3. 63A Power to include exclusion requirement in emergency protection order
   4. 64 Duration of emergency protection orders and other supplementary provisions
   5. 65 Removal and accommodation of children by police in cases of emergency
   6. 66 Authority's duty to investigate
   7. 67 Powers to assist in discovery of children who may be in need of emergency protection
   8. 68 Abduction of children in care, etc.
   9. 69 Recovery of abducted children, etc.
   10. 70 Refuges for children at risk
   11. 71 Rules of court and regulations
7. Part VII · Homes provided by an authority
   1. 72 Provision of homes by an authority
   2. 73 Regulations
8. Part VIII · Voluntary homes and voluntary organisations
   1. Introductory
   2. Regulations
   3. Voluntary homes
   4. Voluntary organisations
9. Part IX · Private children's homes
   1. General
   2. Introductory
   3. Regulations
10. Part X · Private arrangements for fostering children
    1. 106 Interpretation
    2. 107 Privately fostered children further defined
    3. 108 Welfare of privately fostered children
    4. 109 Persons disqualified from being private foster parents
    5. 110 Power to prohibit private fostering
    6. 111 Power to impose requirements
    7. 112 Regulations requiring notification of fostering, etc.
    8. 113 Appeals
    9. 114 Application of this Part to certain school children during holidays
    10. 115 Advertisements relating to fostering
    11. 116 Avoidance of insurances on lives of privately fostered children
    12. 117 Offences
11. Part XI · Child minding and day care for young children
    1. 118 Registration
    2. 119 Persons who act as child minders
    3. 120 Persons who provide day care for children under the age of twelve
    4. 121 Exemptions
    5. 122 Disqualified persons
    6. 123 Application for registration
    7. 124 Refusal of registration
    8. 125 Requirements to be complied with by child minders
    9. 126 Requirements to be complied with by persons providing day care for young children
    10. 127 Certificate of registration
    11. 128 Cancellation of registration
    12. 129 Protection of children in an emergency
    13. 130 Inspection
    14. 131 Appeals
    15. 132 Offences
12. Part XII · Employment of children
    1. General
    2. Introductory
    3. Performances
    4. Supplementary
    5. Dangerous performances
13. Part XIII · Department's supervisory functions and responsibilities
    1. 149 Inspection of children's homes, etc., by Department
    2. 150 Powers of persons authorised by Department
    3. 151 Power to exempt children's homes, etc., from inspection
    4. 153 Child care training
    5. 154 Research and information
14. Part XIV · Parents not married to each other
    1. 155 Parents not being married to , or civil partners of, each other to have no effect in law on relationships
    2. 156 Application of principle to certain existing statutory provisions
    3. 157 Property rights
    4. 158 Repeal of Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act (Northern Ireland) 1924
15. Part XV · Guardians
    1. 159 Appointment by court
    2. 160 Appointment by parent or guardian
    3. 161 Revocation of appointment by parent or guardian
    4. 162 Disclaimer of appointment by parent or guardian
    5. 163 Termination by court
16. Part XVI · Jurisdiction and procedure
    1. 164 Jurisdiction
    2. 165 Rules of court
    3. 166 Appeals
    4. 167 Attendance of child and his parents, etc., at hearing under Part V or VI
    5. 168 Power to clear court while child is giving evidence in certain proceedings
    6. 169 Evidence given by, or with respect to, children
    7. 170 Privacy for children involved in certain proceedings
    8. 171 Self-incrimination
    9. 172 Legal aid, advice and assistance
    10. 173 Restrictions on use of wardship jurisdiction
17. Part XVII · Miscellaneous and general
    1. Miscellaneous
    2. Children accommodated in certain establishments
    3. Effect and duration of orders, etc.
    4. Search warrants
18. Schedule 1 · Financial provision for children
    1. Interpretation
    2. Orders for financial relief against parents
    3. Orders for financial relief for persons over 18
    4. Duration of orders for financial relief
    5. Matters to which court is to have regard in making orders for financial relief
    6. Provisions relating to lump sums
    7. Variation, etc., of orders for periodical payments
    8. Variation of orders for periodical payments etc. made by court of summary jurisdiction
    9. Variation of orders for secured periodical payments after death of parent
    10. Financial relief under other statutory provisions
    11. Interim orders
    12. Alteration of maintenance agreements
    13. Notice of change of address
    14. Direction for settlement of instrument by conveyancing counsel
    15. Jurisdiction ...
    16. Contribution by an authority to child's maintenance
19. Schedule 2 · Provision of services for families: specific powers and duties
    1. Identification of children in need
    2. Provision of information
    3. Children's services plans
    4. Maintenance of register of disabled children
    5. Assessment of children's needs
    6. Prevention of neglect and abuse
    7. Provision of accommodation for another person to protect child
    8. Services for disabled children
    9. Steps to reduce need for care proceedings, etc.
    10. Provision for children living with their families
    11. Family centres
    12. Maintenance of the family home
    13. Duty to consider racial groups to which children in need belong
20. Schedule 3 · Supervision orders
    1. Meaning of “responsible person”
    2. Power of supervisor to give directions to supervised child
    3. Imposition of obligations on responsible person
    4. Psychiatric and medical examinations
    5. Psychiatric and medical treatment
    6. Life of supervision order
    7. Information to be given to supervisor, etc.
    8. Selection of supervisor
    9. Effect of supervision order on earlier orders
    10. Regulations
21. Schedule 4 · Education supervision orders
    1. Interpretation
    2. Effect of orders
    3. Effect where child also subject to other orders
    4. Duration of orders
    5. Information to be given to supervisor, etc.
    6. Discharge of orders
    7. Offences
    8. Persistent failure of child to comply with directions
22. Schedule 5 · Foster parents: limits on number of foster children
    1. Interpretation
    2. The usual fostering limit
    3. Siblings
    4. Exemption by an authority
    5. Effects of exceeding fostering limit
    6. Complaints, etc.
23. Schedule 6 · Property rights where parents not married to or civil partners of each other
    1. Succession on intestacy
    2. Dispositions of property
    3. No special protection for trustees and personal representatives
    4. Entitlement to grant of probate, etc.
24. Schedule 7 · Jurisdiction
    1. Commencement of proceedings
    2. Transfer of proceedings
    3. Emergency protection orders
    4. General
25. Schedule 8 · Article 184(1). TRANSITIONALS AND SAVINGS Pending proceedings, etc. (1) (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and...
    1. Transitionals and savings
    2. Custody orders, etc.
    3. Children in care
26. Schedule 10—Repeals
27. Schedule 9—Amendments