Section 91 Short title, and extent.E1

United Kingdom

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Child Care Act 1980.

(2)

Except for the following provisions, that is to say—

(a)

section 2(4) and (5),

(b)

section 16(1), (4) and (5),

(c)

section 89(2) and paragraphs 2 to 4, 9 to 11, 13, 15, 16, 21 and 22 of Schedule 5,

(d)

section 89(3) and Schedule 6 so far as they relate to—

the M1Adoption of Children Act 1949,
the M2Maintenance Orders Act 1950,
paragraph 38 of Schedule 3 to the M3Children and Young Persons Act 1963,
the entry relating to the M4Children Act 1948 in Schedule 3 to the M5Criminal Justice Act 1967,
the M6Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, and
section 32(1) of the M7Children and Young Persons Act 1969,

(e)

section 90(1), and

(f)

this section,

this Act does not extend to Scotland.

(3)

Except for the following provisions, that is to say—

(a)

section 16,

(b)

section 89(2) and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 5,

(c)

section 89(3) and Schedule 6 so far as they relate to—

the M8Maintenance Orders Act 1950, and
section 32(1) of the M9Children and Young Persons Act 1969,

(d)

section 90(1), and

(e)

this section,

this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

(4)

Section 16(1) and (5) of this Act and this section extend to the Channel Islands.

(5)

It is hereby declared that the provisions of section 87 of this Act extend to each of the countries aforesaid so far as appropriate for the purposes of any other provision of this Act which extends to the country in question.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1949 c. 98.
M2: 1950 c. 37.
M3: 1963 c.37.
M4: 1948 c. 43.
M5: 1967 c. 80.
M6: 1968 c. 46.
M7: 1969 c. 54.
M8: 1950 c. 37.
M9: 1969 c. 54.

Extent

E1: For extent see s. 91(2)(f)(3)(e)(4)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(7), Sch.15 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 21(1), 27(4) 31, 36(3)(b) with saving for ss. 16(1) and 24 in Sch. 14 paras. 23 and 28); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2). (Certain provisions of this Act are expressed to be amended (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.