Child Care Act 1991

Variation or discharge of orders etc.

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22.The court, of its own motion or on the application of any person, may—

(a) vary or discharge a care order or a supervision order,

(b) vary or discharge any condition or direction attaching to the order, or

(c) in the case of a care order, discharge the care order and make a supervision order in respect of the child.

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

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Prospective affecting provision: section applied with modifications by Mental Health Act 2026 (11/2026), s. 60(1), (2)(a), (2)(j), not commenced as of date of revision.

60. (1) Sections 21, 22, 24, 24A, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 35A to 35Q, 37 and 47 of the Act of 1991 shall, subject to the modifications specified in subsection (2), apply to proceedings under this Part as they apply to proceedings to which those sections apply.

(2) The modifications referred to in subsection (1) are as follows:

(a) references in a section specified in that subsection to proceedings or an order under Part III, IV, IVA, IVB, V, VA or VI of the Act of 1991 shall be construed as references to proceedings or an order under this Part;

(j) any other necessary modifications.