Example sentences of "under the children [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Under the Children Act 1975 an adopted child has the same right to succeed on the intestacy of his adoptive parent as any other child born to that parent .
2 For many foster parents the strain imposed by the rights of natural parents and extra paperwork required under the Children Act which came into force last year could cause them to give up , she went on .
3 Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency .
4 Under the Children Act 1989 a child 's lack of suitable education had ceased to be a specific ground for taking him/her into care .
5 It is the first indication there are teething troubles with SSDs ' new powers to inspect private schools under the Children Act .
6 The DoH said new guidance under the Children Act may be ready by the summer .
7 The Appeal Court 's rejection of an order banning an abusing father from the family home has turned out to be the most controversial decision under the Children Act since its introduction .
8 Despite the existence of relevant guidance under the Children Act , they were still worried about clause 28 and the legal age of consent for gay men at 21 .
9 Under the Children Act
10 Though aimed at the social work profession , this book will no doubt also prove invaluable to lawyers , members of the medical and allied professions , and anyone needing an informed understanding of child care law under the Children Act .
11 Islington SSD has been accused of failing to follow the complaints procedure specified under the Children Act after allegations of abuse in a home for refugee children .
12 Working with travellers under the Children Act provides lessons for other areas of social work .
13 Many such referrals are initiated by social services and the legal departments of social services , possibly as a result of growing pressure on these agencies to protect children in accordance with their statutory responsibility and powers under the Children Act .
14 Black social workers claimed last week that some SSDs were failing to implement the complaints procedures under the Children Act , or even to tell young people about them .
15 Under the Children Act agencies have to give due consideration to a child 's race , religion , language , and culture .
16 In 1909 the Local Government Board carried out its responsibilities under the Children Act by making boarding-out committees obligatory in each Poor Law Union .
17 Held , ( 1 ) that on an appeal to the High Court from a decision of justices under the Children Act 1989 fresh evidence could be adduced only with leave in exceptional circumstances , and the court would not interfere with the exercise of the justices ' discretion unless it considered that their decision was plainly wrong or that they had erred in principle ; and that , further , an interm order would not lightly be interfered with in view of its temporary nature and the often provisional character of the evidence ( post , p. 271A–B ) .
18 The notice of appeal sets out a number of grounds , but before dealing with the appeal on the merits , I was asked at the outset to rule on what the nature of an appeal from the justices under the Children Act 1989 is , whether it is an appeal in which fresh evidence could be called , that is a full rehearing in the sense that the Crown Court could hear appeals from the juvenile court under the old law .
19 I have nonetheless determined to deliver a short judgment because it seems to me that there are lessons to be learned from this case which , I am told by Mr. Tyzak , is the first case to come before this particular bench under the Children Act 1989 .
20 I appreciate that for justices the obligation to provide a reasoned judgment at the conclusion of an application under the Children Act 1989 is one that no doubt presents all sorts of practical difficulties , but inevitably the period during which they reserve should be kept to the minimum in accordance with the whole philosophy of the Act which seeks to abridge time for procedural steps .
21 I consider that it could only be of assistance to them if they had that foundation with which to commence their overview of the requirements of the case and the discharge of their statutory duty under the Children Act 1989 .
22 The appeal raises questions under the Children Act 1989 which have not been previously considered by this court .
23 The local authority , which shared parental responsibility for J. in consequence of a care order made under the Children Act 1989 , obtained leave under section 100 of the Act to invoke the court 's inherent jurisdiction to determine whether artificial ventilation and/or other life-saving measures should be administered to J. if he were to suffer a life-threatening event .
24 Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that rule 21 of the Family Proceedings ( Children Act 1989 ) Rules 1991 required justices to give reasons and state their findings of fact on making orders under the Children Act 1989 ; that where a party appealed their order , justices could not remedy their failure to comply with rule 21 by supplying to the appellate court a more detailed statement of reasons and findings of fact ; and that , accordingly , the appellate court could only consider the reasons given by the justices at the time of the decision ( post , p. 527A–C , E–G ) .
25 The order is an unusual one in that in proceedings under the Children Act 1989 the justices ordered that the local authority involved in those proceedings should pay to another party the costs of that party in the sum of no less than £7,171.50 .
26 In accordance with the former practice but , as I hold , contrary to what should now be the practice under the Children Act 1989 , the justices have provided further reasons extending to three pages .
27 I hold that on an appeal to the High Court under the Children Act 1989 the only findings of fact and the only reasons that may be relied on to support the decision of the justices under appeal , are those announced by the justices in accordance with rule 21 .
28 However , in proceedings under the Children Act 1989 it is almost always the case that the parents are represented by virtue of a legal aid certificate .
29 Undoubtedly , there will be cases under the Children Act 1989 in which it is appropriate for orders for costs to be made .
30 In his well argued submissions Mr. Wall submitted that the discretion conferred on the court by article 13 ( a ) of the Convention is a discretion to be exercised ( a ) within the context of the purpose and principles laid down by the Convention and ( b ) by applying the criteria contained within the Convention itself , and that it is accordingly not a discretion to exercise the inherent jurisdiction of the court in wardship or under the Children Act 1989 so as to act in what the court perceives to be the best interests of the child .
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