CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 45 Provisions of court assessment order

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 45

45 Provisions of court assessment order

(1) The order may provide for any 1 or more of the following the court considers to be appropriate in the circumstances—

(a) authorising an authorised officer or police officer to have contact with the child;

(b) authorising the medical examination or treatment of the child;

(c) if the court is satisfied it is necessary to provide interim protection for the child while the investigation is carried out—

(i) granting temporary custody of the child to the chief executive; and

(ii) authorising an authorised officer or police officer to take the child into, or keep the child in, the chief executive’s custody while the order is in force;

(d) making provision about the child’s contact with the child’s family during the chief executive’s custody of the child;

(e) directing a parent not to have contact (direct or indirect)—

(i) with the child; or

(ii) with the child other than when a stated person or a person of a stated category is present.

(2) Before making an order under subsection (1) (d) , the court must consider the views of the chief executive about the child’s contact with the child’s family, including—

(a) whether any contact with the child should be supervised; and

(b) the duration and frequency of any contact with the child.

(3) In addition, the order may also authorise an authorised officer or police officer to enter and search any place the officer reasonably believes the child is, to find the child, if the court is satisfied—

(a) entry to a place has been, or is likely to be, refused, or it is otherwise justified in particular circumstances, including, for example, because the child’s whereabouts are not known; and

(b) the entry is necessary for the effective enforcement of the order.

(4) On entering a place, an authorised officer or police officer may remain in the place for as long as the officer considers necessary for exercising the officer’s powers under this section.

(5) An authorised officer or police officer may exercise the officer’s powers under the order with the help, and using the force, that is reasonable in the circumstances.