Paragraph 5

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. para. 3(3)(a) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(a)
Sch. para. 3(3)(b) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(b)
Sch. para. 1(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(a)
Sch. para. 3(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(b)
Sch. para. 3(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(c)
Sch. para. 4(2)(a) words inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 138(3)(d)
Sch. para. 3(1)(2) substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 5(2)

In the case of a child falling within both paragraph 1 and paragraph 3, the provisions of paragraph 3 shall apply to the exclusion of those in paragraph 1.