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Child Care Act 1991
Application for directions.
47.—Where a child is in the care of F370[the F371[Child and Family Agency]] F372[, other than special care under Part IVA,], the District Court may, of its own motion or on the application of any person, give such directions and make such order on any question affecting the welfare of the child as it thinks proper and may vary or discharge any such direction or order.
Annotations
Amendments:
F370
Substituted (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 75 and sch. 7 part 6 item 53, S.I. No. 887 of 2004.
F371
Substituted (1.01.2014) by Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (40/2013), s. 97 and sch. 2 part 4 item 1, S.I. No. 502 of 2013.
F372
Inserted (31.12.2017) by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015 (45/2015), s. 13 and sch. 1 part 1 item 11, S.I. No. 636 of 2017.
F373
Substituted by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 80(ac), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C110
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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C111
Prospective affecting provision: section amended by Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), s. 80(ac), not commenced as of date of revision.
47.—Where a child is in the care of F370[the F371[Child and Family Agency]] F372[, other than special care under Part IVA,], the F373[Family District Court or the Family Circuit Court] may, of its own motion or on the application of any person, give such directions and make such order on any question affecting the welfare of the child as it thinks proper and may vary or discharge any such direction or order.
Editorial Notes:
E165
Previous affecting provision: words inserted by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (19/2011), s. 25, not commenced; s. 25 repealed (31.12.2017) by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015 (45/2015), s. 15 and sch. 2, S.I. No. 636 of 2017.