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Special care order’s immediate effect upheld
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High Court declines to vary a special care order concerning a vulnerable young person, reaffirming that such orders take immediate effect upon issuance. The Child and Family Agency's failure to acknowledge this immediate effect led to procedural disputes, which the court criticises as a waste of time. The court emphasises that the special care order's immediate applicability was clear from the statutory framework and that any additional wording proposed in the application was unnecessary; and the court also confirms that stakeholders, including parents, have the right to bring applications related to the enforcement of special care orders.
Special care order - Child and Family Agency - immediate effect - statutory framework - procedural defence - plenary proceedings - contempt - enforcement - penal endorsement - Child Care Act 1991 - vulnerable children - court order - liberty to apply - stakeholder rights - attachment and committal.
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