7Duty of Court

7 Duty of Court

The Court has a duty, as far as practicable –

(a) to ensure that parties to proceedings before the Court understand the nature and purpose of the proceedings; and

(b) to respect the cultural identity of a child to whom proceedings before the Court relate; and

(c) to consider the opinion of a child to whom proceedings before the Court relate if the Court considers the child able –

(i) to understand the proceedings and their consequences; and

(ii) to form a rational opinion.