Children Act 1989

Section 1
1. 1(1) Paramouncy principle
  Annotations:
  - Welfare of the child should be the court's paramount consideration
2. 1(2) No delay principle
3. 1(3) Welfare checklist
4. 1(5) No order principle
Section 3
1. Defines parental responsibility
Section 17
1. 17(1) LA duty re: children in need
2. 17(10) Defines child in need
Section 20
1. Provision of accommodation
Section 31
1. 31(1)(a) Care Order
  Annotations:
  - Places child under Local Authoruty care, with shared parental responsibility, Further explained in Section 33
2. 31(1)(b) Supervision Order
  Annotations:
  - Places child under supervision of the Local Authority for an initial 1 year period, extended up to 3 years. Explained further in Section 35
Section 14
1. Special Guardianship Order
Section 8
1. 8(1) Child Arrangement Order
  Annotations:
  - Regulates who a child lives with/has contact with
2. 8(1) Prohibited Steps Order
  Annotations:
  - Restricts certain actions associated with parental responsibility
3. 8(1) Specific Issue Order
  Annotations:
  - Determines a specific question which relates to the parental responsibility of a child
Section 43
1. Child Assessment Order
  Annotations:
  - Requires a child to be assessed where there are suspicions but no evidence of significant arm
Section 44
1. Emergency Protection Order
  Annotations:
  - Local Authority acquired parental responsibilty for 8 days, where there is immediate risk of significant harm
Section 47
1. Duty to investigate
  Annotations:
  - Local Authority has a duty to investigate where there is cause to suspect that a child is at risk of suffering significant harm.
Section 46
1. Emergency police protection
Section 4
1. Acquisition of parental responsibility
Section 66
1. Private fostering

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