17—Amendment of section 48—Legal representation of child
(1) Section
48(1)—delete the parenthetical passage following paragraph (b)
(2) Section
48—after subsection (2) insert:
(3) A child (whether
represented by a legal practitioner or not) must be given a reasonable
opportunity to give the child's own views personally to the Court about his or
her ongoing care and protection unless the Court is satisfied that—
(a) the
child is not capable of doing so; or
(b) to
do so would give rise to an unacceptable risk to the child's wellbeing.