Article 13 Welfare officer

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

rule 13 am by Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) 2001 rules 2, 9
rule 13(1) words substituted by Magistrates' Courts (Transfer of Justices' Clerks' Functions) 2001 Sch. 1 para. 93
rule 13(2) words substituted by Magistrates' Courts (Transfer of Justices' Clerks' Functions) 2001 Sch. 1 para. 93
rule 13(3)(a) words substituted by Magistrates' Courts (Transfer of Justices' Clerks' Functions) 2001 Sch. 1 para. 93
rule 13(1) words inserted by Magistrates' Courts 2005 Sch. 1 para. 42

(1)

The welfare officer shall, unless excused by the court or the justices' clerk, attend a hearing if the justices' clerk gives him notice that his report will be given or considered at that hearing; and any party may question the welfare officer about his report at such a hearing.

(2)

A welfare officer shall file a copy of any written report at or by such time as the justices' clerk or the court directs or, in the absence of a direction, at least 5 days before a hearing of which he is given notice under paragraph (1); and the justices' clerk shall, as soon as practicable, serve a copy of the report on the parties and any guardian ad litem.