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Section 11C: ... Activity conditions

Children Act 1989 · 1989 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Orders With Respect To Children In Family Proceedings

This section applies if in any family proceedings the court makes—

a child arrangements order containing—
provision for a child to live with different persons at different times,
provision regulating arrangements relating to with whom a child is to spend time or otherwise have contact, or
provision regulating arrangements relating to when a child is to spend time or otherwise have contact with any person; or
an order varying a child arrangements order so as to add, vary or omit provision of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii).

The child arrangements order may impose, or the child arrangements order may be varied so as to impose, a condition (an "activity condition") requiring an individual falling within subsection (3) to take part in an activity that would, in the court's opinion, help to establish, maintain or improve the involvement in the life of the child concerned of—

An individual falls within this subsection if he is—

for the purposes of the child arrangements order so made or varied, a person with whom the child concerned lives or is to live;
a person whose contact with the child concerned is provided for in that order; or
a person upon whom that order imposes a condition under section 11(7)(b).

The condition is to specify the activity and the person providing the activity.

Subsections (5) and (6) of section 11A have effect as regards the activities that may be required by an activity condition as they have effect as regards the activities that may be required by an activity direction.

Subsection (2) has effect subject to the restrictions in sections 11D and 11E.

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