§ '(1) Subsections (2) to (5) and (7) of section 2 of the Children Act 1948 shall apply to a resolution under section (Transfer of parental rights and duties to voluntary organisations) as they apply to a resolution under the said section 2, with the substitution for the reference in subsection (2) to the vesting of parental rights and duties in the local authority of a reference to the vesting of parental rights and duties in the voluntary organisation.
§ (2) An appeal may be made—
- (a) where the complaint relates to a resolution under section (Transfer of parental rights and duties to voluntary organisations), by a person deprived of parental rights and duties by the resolution, or
- (b) where the complaint relates to a resolution under section (Duty of local authority to assume parental rights and duties), by a person who but for that resolution and an earlier resolution under section (Transfer of parental rights and duties to voluntary organisations) would have parental rights and duties,
- (i) there was no ground for the making of the resolution, or
- (ii) that the resolution should in the interests of the child be determined.
§ (3) An appeal shall lie to the High Court against the decision of a juvenile court under this section.
§ (4) Section 4B of the Children Act 1948 shall apply in relation to proceedings under this section.'.—[Dr. Owen.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.