§ 24 (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), an interim order made on an application for an order under Part 1, 2 or 3 ceases to have effect on the earliest of the following dates—
- (a) the date, if any, specified for the purpose in the interim order;
- (b) the date on which the period of 14 weeks from the date of the making of the interim order ends;
- (c) the date on which the court either makes a final order on, or dismisses, the application, or, where the interim order was made by a county court on an appeal, the date on which that court either makes a final order on, or dismisses, the appeal.
§ (2) If an interim order made under this Part would, but for this sub-paragraph, cease to have effect under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b)—
- (a) the court which made the order, or
- (b) in the case of an interim order made by the High Court, the court by which the application for an order under Part I, 2 or 3 is to be reheard,
§ (3) An order continued in force under sub-paragraph (2) ceases to have effect on the earliest of the following dates—
- (a) the date, if any, specified for the purpose in the order continuing it;
- (b) the date on which ends the period of 14 weeks from—
- (i) the date of the making of the order continuing it, or
- (ii) if more than one such order has been made with respect to the application, the date of the making of the first such order;
- (c) the date on which the court either makes a final order on, or dismisses, the application, or, where the interim order was made by a county court on an appeal, the date on which that court either makes a final order on, or dismisses, the appeal.