# The Emergency Protection Order (Transfer of Responsibilities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations make provision for an authority to be treated as though it and not the original applicant for an emergency protection order had applied for and been granted the order. They make provision for requirements to have been complied with before responsibility under the order is transferred and for the time the transfer is to be treated as effected. The Regulations do not apply when the child who is the subject of the emergency protection order is in a refuge and the child is to continue to live there for the duration of the order.
Article 71(3) and (4) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 is the enabling provision under which these Regulations are made. It was brought into operation on 18th July 1996 by virtue of Article 2(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Children (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 297 (C. 17)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/435/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-protection-order-transfer-of-responsibilities-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/note
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