80Requirement to consider care plan

80 Requirement to consider care plan

80 Requirement to consider care plan

The Children’s Court must not make a final order—

(a) for the removal of a child from the care and protection of his or her parents, or

(b) for the allocation of parental responsibility in respect of the child,

unless it has considered a care plan presented to it by the Secretary or, in the case of an application for a guardianship order, by the applicant for the order.

s 80: Am 2000 No 76, Sch 2 [10] [11]; 2002 No 53, Sch 1.1 [8]; 2014 No 8, Sch 1 [50].