# Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997, Rule 2.55: Applications under sections 22 and 24 of the 2007 Act

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(1) An application under section 22(3) (restrictions on removal: application for parental order pending), section 24(1) (return of child removed in breach of certain provisions) or section 24(2) (order directing person not to remove child) of the 2007 Act all as modified and applied in relation to applications for parental orders by regulation 4 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Regulations, is to be made by minute in the process of the petition for a parental order to which it relates.
(2) A minute under paragraph (1) must include an appropriate crave and statement of facts.
(3) On receipt of a minute under paragraph (1), the sheriff must—
(a) order a diet of hearing to be fixed; and
(b) ordain the minuter, or where a serial number has been assigned under rule 2.49, the sheriff clerk, to send a notice of such hearing in Form 25 together with a copy of the minute, by recorded delivery letter to the curator ad litem in the original petition, to any person who may have care and possession of the child and to such other persons as the sheriff considers appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/291/rule/2.55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-2.55
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