Section 95: Attendance of child at hearing under Part IV or V.

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

Part XII: Miscellaneous and General

In any proceedings in which a court is hearing an application for an order under Part IV or V, or is considering whether to make any such order, the court may order the child concerned to attend such stage or stages of the proceedings as may be specified in the order.

The power conferred by subsection (1) shall be exercised in accordance with rules of court.

Subsections (4) to (6) apply where—

an order under subsection (1) has not been complied with; or
the court has reasonable cause to believe that it will not be complied with.

The court may make an order authorising a constable, or such person as may be specified in the order—

to take charge of the child and to bring him to the court; and
to enter and search any premises specified in the order if he has reasonable cause to believe that the child may be found on the premises.

The court may order any person who is in a position to do so to bring the child to the court.

Where the court has reason to believe that a person has information about the whereabouts of the child it may order him to disclose it to the court.

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