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Section 11K: Enforcement orders: further provision

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

Part II: Orders With Respect To Children In Family Proceedings

A court may not make an enforcement order against a person in respect of a failure to comply with a provision of a child arrangements order unless it is satisfied that before the failure occurred the person had been given (in accordance with rules of court) a copy of, or otherwise informed of the terms of—

in the case of a failure to comply with a provision of a child arrangements order where the order was varied before the failure occurred, a notice under section 11I relating to the order varying the child arrangements order or, where more than one such order has been made, the last order preceding the failure in question;
in any other case, a notice under section 11I relating to the child arrangements order.

A court may not make an enforcement order against a person in respect of any failure to comply with a provision of a child arrangementsorder occurring before the person attained the age of 18.

A court may not make an enforcement order against a person in respect of a failure to comply with a provision of a child arrangements order where the child arrangements order is an excepted order (within the meaning given by section 11B(4)).

A court may not make an enforcement order against a person unless the person is habitually resident in England and Wales; and an enforcement order ceases to have effect if the person subject to the order ceases to be habitually resident in England and Wales.

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