CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 199 Orders in relation to third parties
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 199
Orders in relation to third parties(1) The court may not make a care and protection order that imposes an obligation on a person unless the person—
(a) consents to the making of the order; or
(b) has had an opportunity to be heard in relation to the proposed order.
(2) The court gives a person an opportunity to be heard in relation to a proposed order if the court has caused to be served on the person a notice in writing directing his or her attendance at the proceeding to be heard in relation to the proposed making of an order, regardless of whether the person attends the proceeding.
(3) Despite subsection (1), the court may make a care and protection order if the person on whom the obligation is proposed to be imposed cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be found.