HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc486-7
The Solicitor-General

I beg to move amendment No. 292, in page 11, line 13, at end insert— '(7) A family assistance order shall not be made so as to require a local authority to make an officer of theirs available unless—

  1. (a) the authority agree; or
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  2. (b) the child concerned lives or will live within their area.
(8) Where a family assistance order requires a probation officer to be made available, the officer shall be selected in accordance with arrangements made by the probation committee for the area in which the child lives or will live.

(9) If the selected probation officer is unable to carry out his duties, or dies, another probation officer shall be selected in the same manner.'.

This amendment deals with the selection of a local authority or probation official to befriend the person named in the family assistance order. I commend the amendment to the House.

Amendment agreed to.

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