14.— Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by inserting “, IVA (as amended by the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011)” after “Part IV”, and

(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (5):

“(6) In this section, a reference to the party or parties includes a guardian ad litem, if any, appointed in accordance with section 26 (as amended by the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011) in respect of the proceedings concerned.

(7) In this section, where the proceedings are proceedings under Part IVA (as amended by the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011), ‘court’ means the High Court.”.