{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/section-122",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/section-122.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/38",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002",
  "path": "section/122",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "122",
  "heading": "Interests of children in proceedings",
  "text": "(1) In section 41 of the 1989 Act (specified proceedings)—\n(a) in subsection (6), after paragraph (h) there is inserted—\n“(hh) on an application for the making or revocation of a placement order (within the meaning of section 21 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002);”,\n(b) after that subsection there is inserted—\n“(6A) The proceedings which may be specified under subsection (6)(i) include (for example) proceedings for the making, varying or discharging of a section 8 order.”\n(2) In section 93 of the 1989 Act (rules of court), in subsection (2), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—\n“(bb) for children to be separately represented in relevant proceedings,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 122(1)(a) in force at 30.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(k) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 122(1)(b)(2) in force at 7.12.2004 by S.I. 2004/3203, art. 2(1)(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/section/122",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:55.944329+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}