# Education and Skills Act 2008, Section 42: Parenting orders: supplemental

Status: prospective

(1) In deciding whether to make a parenting order under section 41, a court must take into account (amongst other things)—
(a) any refusal by the parent to enter into a parenting contract under section 40 in respect of the person to whom this Part applies, or
(b) if the parent has entered into such a parenting contract, any failure by the parent to comply with the requirements specified in the contract.
(2) Subsections (3) to (7) of section 9 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (supplemental provisions about parenting orders) apply in relation to a parenting order under section 41 as they apply in relation to a parenting order under section 8 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-skills-act-2008/section-42
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