Section 3 Additional provisions as to supervision orders.C3C1C2

Where the court makes an order under section 2(2)(a) above (in this section referred to as a “supervision order”), and the order provides for supervision by a probation officer, then—

A supervision order shall cease to have effect when the child attains F2the age of 18 . . . F3

A supervision order may be varied or discharged by a subsequent order made on the application of either parent or after the death of either parent, on the application of any guardian under the M1Guardianship of Minors Act 1971, . . . F4 or on that of the probation officer or local authority having the supervision of the child by virtue of the order; and section 16 of that Act shall have effect in relation to applications under this subsection as it has effect in relation to applications under that Act, . . . .

Without prejudice to subsection (3) above, in relation to supervision orders of magistrates’ courts the rules made under F5section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 may make provision for substituting from time to time a probation officer appointed for or assigned to a different petty sessions area or, as the case may be, a different local authority, if in the opinion of the court the child is or will be resident in that petty sessions area or, as the case may be, in the area of that authority.

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