# The Family Procedure Rules 2010, Rule 16.36: Persons who may not be appointed as children's guardian, reporting officer or children and family reporter


(1) In specified proceedings (except where paragraph (2) applies), adoption proceedings or proceedings for a section 84 order or a section 89 order, no person may be appointed as a children's guardian, reporting officer or children and family reporter who—
(a) is a member, officer or servant of a local authority which is a party to the proceedings;
(b) is, or has been, a member, officer or servant of a local authority or voluntary organisation who has been directly concerned in that capacity in arrangements relating to the care, accommodation or welfare of the child during the 5 years prior to the start of the proceedings; or
(c) is a serving probation officer who has, in that capacity, been previously concerned with the child or the child's family.
(2) In placement proceedings, a person described in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) may not be appointed as a children's guardian, reporting officer or children and family reporter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/16.36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-16.36
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