{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/schedule-14/paragraph-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/schedule-14/paragraph-16A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/41",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/16A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "-(1) Where a child who is a ward of court is in care by virtue of—\n(a) an order under section 7(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1969; or\n(b) an order made in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdication with respect to children,\nhe shall, on the day on which Part IV commences, cease to be a ward of court.\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": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 16A inserted (14.10.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 116, Sch. 16 para. 33(4); S.I. 1991/1883, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 14 para. 16A inserted (14.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/828, art. 4, Sch. para. 4(a) (as substituted by S.I. 1991/1990, art. 2(c), Sch. para.2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 16A(2)(3) inserted (14.10.1991) by S.I. 1991/828, art. 4, Sch. para. 4(b) (as substituted by S.I. 1991/1990, art. 2(c), Sch. para.2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/schedule/14/paragraph/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T07:28:21.051680+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."
}