Children
(Arrangements to Assist Children to Live Outside Jersey) (Amendment) (Jersey)
Law 2022
Adopted
by the States 2nd March 2022
Sanctioned
by Order of Her Majesty in Council 13th April 2022
Registered by the Royal Court 22nd April 2022
Coming into force 23rd April 2022
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most
Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –
1 Children (Jersey) Law 2002 amended
This Law amends the Children
(Jersey) Law 2002.
2 Schedule 2
(Ministerial support for children and families) amended
In paragraph 4 (arrangements to assist children to live outside Jersey)
of Schedule 2 –
(a) for sub-paragraph (2)(c)
there is substituted –
“(c) the child has consented to
living in that country except where the court is satisfied that the child does
not have sufficient understanding to give or withhold consent; and”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (4)
there is inserted –
(6) Sub-paragraph (7)
also applies where, before the coming into force of the Amendment Law, the
court gives its approval under sub-paragraph (1)(a) but does not make an
order under sub-paragraph (4) and an appeal is made against the court’s
decision –
(a) after the coming into force of the
Amendment Law; or
(b) before the coming into force of the
Amendment Law but that appeal does not fall to be determined until after the
coming into force of the Amendment Law.
(7) In
the cases described in sub-paragraphs (5) and (6), the court’s decision in
relation to the appeal is to be made on the basis of
sub-paragraph (2) (as amended by the Amendment Law).
(8) Where,
before the coming into force of the Amendment Law, the Minister has made an
application for approval under sub-paragraph (1)(a) but that application does
not fall to be determined until after the coming into force of the Amendment
Law, the court’s decision in relation to that application is to be made on the
basis of sub-paragraph (2) (as amended by the Amendment Law).
(9) In
this paragraph, “Amendment Law” means the Children (Arrangements to Assist
Children to Live Outside Jersey) (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2022.”.
3 Citation and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Children (Arrangements to Assist Children to Live Outside
Jersey) (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2022 and comes into force on the day after
it is registered.