§ Mr. Elystan MorganI beg to move Amendment No. 75, in page 23, line 40, at end insert:
', so however that the said provision shall, if the court making the order considers it appropriate so to direct by reason of the fact that that person is under the age of five or by reason of illness or accident, require the local authority to bring him before the specified court on the expiration of the order only if the specified court so requires'.Subsection (2) of Clause 22 requires an interim order to contain provision requiring the local authority to bring the person before the court. However, the preceding subsection empowers the court to make an interim order without the child or young person being present if he is under the age of five or cannot be present by reason of illness or accident. There may be cases where for those reasons, it is desirable to make a further interim order in the absence of the child or young person. Clause 22(2) as now drafted would prevent this, since an interim order must require the local authority to bring the child or young person before the court.The Amendment enables the court to dispense with the attendance of the child or young person on any further occasion, as it can when making the original interim order.
§ Amendment agreed to.