{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2022/18",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Article 3 (offence of abduction of child by parent, etc.) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“(ca) he is a special guardian of the child; or”.\n(3) In paragraph (2A), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—\n“(a) the person is a person in whose favour there is a residence order in force with respect to the child, and the person takes or sends the child out of the United Kingdom for a period of less than one month; or\n(b) the person is a special guardian of the child and takes or sends the child out of the United Kingdom for a period of less than three months.”.\n(4) In paragraph (3A)(a)—\n(a) omit the “or” at the end of head (i);\n(b) after that head insert—\n“(ia) who is a special guardian of the child; or”.\n(5) In paragraph (5)—\n(a) in the definition of “the appropriate consent”, in sub-paragraph (a) after head (iii) insert—\n“(iiia) any special guardian of the child;”;\n(b) after ““guardian of a child”,” insert ““special guardian”,”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 160(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/18/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:21.400523+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."
}