§ Mr. RossI beg to move Amendment No. 192, in page 30, line 22, at the beginning to insert 'Unless the context otherwise requires.'.
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Eric Fletcher)With this Amendment we can also take Government Amendment No. 195.
§ Mr. RossYes.
The first of the two, which is an Amendment to Clause 47, is a paving Amendment. Clause 47(3) at present provides that any reference to a supervision requirement is to be construed as a reference to a supervision requirement which is for the time being in force.
It is the purpose of the other Amendment, which is to Clause 74, is to make it clear that when a child is transferred from Scotland under Clause 74 to an approved school in England or Wales or a training school in Northern Ireland the order for transfer is to be regarded as if it were an approved school order or 1538 a training school order made on the date on which the supervision requirement was originally made under Clause 44. If the Amendment were not made, a child whose case had been recently reviewed might have to serve close on three years in the approved school or training school from the date of that review.
The Amendment provides that the period shall start from the date on which the supervision requirement was first made by the hearing in respect of the ground of referral. In other words, a child is to be regarded as originally sent to an approved school or training school by the court on the date when the children's hearing made the supervision requirement under Clause 44.
§ Amendment agreed to.