CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 139 Order on adjournment
CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 139
Order on adjournment(1) On granting the adjournment, the Court may make one or more of the following orders:
(a) an order giving daily care and control of the child:
(i) to the CEO if the proceedings relate to an assessment order; or
(ii) to the CEO or a family member of the child if the proceedings relate to a protection order;
(b) an order that a report about the child and the child's family be prepared and filed in the Court;
(c) an order authorising a medical examination of the child and the filing of a report of the examination in the Court;
(d) an order restricting the contact between the child and specified persons;
(e) an order that a mediation conference be convened for the child.
(2) Each of the orders has effect during the adjournment.
(3) The Court may, without limiting what may be addressed by a report prepared for subsection (1), specify matters that must be addressed by the report.
(4) The child may refuse to submit to any of the examination mentioned in subsection (1)(c) if the child is of sufficient maturity and understanding to make the decision.
(5) Without limiting subsection (1)(d), an order mentioned in that subsection may:
(a) direct a person not to have any direct or indirect contact with the child; or
(b) direct a person not to have any direct or indirect contact with the child except when a specified person or a person belonging to a specified group is present; or
(c) require the CEO to supervise any contact between the child and a specified person.
(6) The Court must not require the CEO to supervise any contact between the child and a specified person unless the CEO agrees to do so.
(7) Section 127 (which is about mediation conference) applies for subsection (1)(e) in relation to proceedings for an assessment order with any necessary changes.