CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 283 Joining parties—on application
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 283
Joining parties—on application(1) The court may order that someone be joined as a party to a proceeding under this Part on application by the person if it considers it appropriate to do so.
(2) If the applicant is the community advocate, the court must join him or her as a party to the proceeding.
(3) If the applicant has been caring for the child or young person who is the subject of the proceeding for a continuous period of 2 years or more, there is a rebuttable presumption in favour of joining him or her as a party to the proceeding.
(4) An application may be made orally without notice to the parties to the proceeding, but the court must give each party an opportunity to be heard on the application before deciding whether to join the applicant as a party.