{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-commencement-no-2amendment-and-transitional-provisions-order-1991/schedule/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-commencement-no-2amendment-and-transitional-provisions-order-1991/schedule/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1990",
  "legislation_title": "The Children Act 1989 (Commencement No. 2—Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-commencement-no-2amendment-and-transitional-provisions-order-1991",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For paragraph 4 there shall be substituted—\n“4 In paragraph 16A—\n(a) after the number “16A.” there shall be inserted “—(1)”; and\n(b) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—\n“(2) Where immediately before the day on which Part IV commences a child was in the care of a local authority and as a result of an order—\n(a) pursuant to section 7(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1969; or\n(b) made in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children,\ncontinued to be in the care of a local authority and was made a ward of court, he shall on the day on which Part IV commences, cease to be a ward of court.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in proceedings which are pending.”.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph 16A was inserted by paragraph 33(4) of Schedule 16 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1990/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:38:36.060715+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."
}