Article 2

(1)

In civil proceedings before the High Court or a county court, evidence given in connection with the upbringing, maintenance or welfare of a child, shall be admissible notwithstanding any rule of law relating to hearsay.

(2)

In civil proceedings before a juvenile court:–

(a)

a statement made by a child,

(b)

a statement made by a person concerned with or having control of a child, that he has assaulted, neglected or ill-treated the child,

(c)

a statement included in any report made by a guardian ad litem under rule 25(3)(a) of the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1988^f1 or by a local authority under section 9(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969^f2,

shall be admissible as evidence in connection with the upbringing, maintenance or welfare of a child notwithstanding any rule of law relating to hearsay.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1988/913.
f2: 1969 c. 54; section 9(1) will be, from a date to be appointed, amended by the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), Schedule 15.