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Child Care Act 1991
F315[Cessation of authorisation
35O.—(1) An authorisation issued in respect of a person shall cease to have effect—
(a) where it is revoked under section 35N,
(b) in the case of a person who is an officer of the Minister, where the person ceases to be an officer of the Minister,
(c) in the case of a person with whom the Minister has entered into a contract for services under section 35P, on the expiry of the period of the contract, or on the expiry of such further period as the Minister may direct in accordance with subsection (3), or
(d) at the request of the person.
(2) Where an authorisation ceases in accordance with subsection (1) and the person in respect of whom the authorisation was issued stands appointed for a child, the person concerned shall cease to be so appointed.
(3) Where the period of a contract referred to in subsection (1)(c) is due to expire before the conclusion of proceedings in which a person is appointed for a child, the Minister may direct that the authorisation issued in respect of the person shall continue for such period as the Minister considers necessary having regard to the proceedings concerned.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F315
Inserted (23.06.2026) by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), s. 7, S.I. No. 208 of 2026.
Modifications (not altering text):
C97
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;
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(j) any other necessary modifications.
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