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CHILDREN'S PROTECTION (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 76 OF 2005) - SECT 17

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.



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