Children Act 2001

Amendment of sections 17(2) and 59 of Act of 1991.

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267.—(1) The Act of 1991 is hereby amended—

(a) in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 17(2) (period in care of health board under interim care order), by the substitution of “twenty-eight days” for “eight days”, and

(b) in section 59 (definitions for purposes of Part VIII), by the deletion of paragraph (c) from the definition of “children’s residential centre”.

(2) References in Part V (Jurisdiction and Procedure) of the Act of 1991 to Part IV of that Act shall be construed as including references to F243[Part] IVB (inserted by section 16) thereof.

Annotations

Amendments:

F243

Substituted (31.12.2017) by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 (19/2011), s. 34, S.I. No. 637 of 2017.