{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/section-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/section-63.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/72",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975",
  "path": "section/63",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Appeals by parents etc.",
  "text": "(1) Subsections (2) to (5) and (7) of section 2 of the Children Act 1948 shall apply to a resolution under section 60 as they apply to a resolution under the said section 2, with the substitution for the reference in subsection (2) to the vesting of parental rights and duties in the local authority of a reference to the vesting of parental rights and duties in the voluntary organisation.\n(2) An appeal may be made—\n(a) where the complaint relates to a resolution under section 60, by a person deprived of parental rights and duties by the resolution, or\n(b) where the complaint relates to a resolution under section 61, by a person who but for that resolution and an earlier resolution under section 60 would have parental rights and duties,\nto a juvenile court having jurisdiction in the area of the authority which passed the resolution, on the ground that—\n(i) there was no ground for the making of the resolution, or\n(ii) that the resolution should in the interests of the child be determined.\n(3) An appeal shall lie to the High Court against the decision of a juvenile court under this section.\n(4) Section 4B of the Children Act 1948 shall apply in relation to proceedings under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 63 repealed (E.W.) by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5, SIF 20), s. 89, Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1948 c. 43."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/72/section/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:35:55.776840+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."
}