Article 29 Application and interpretation of Part IV.

This Part shall apply in connection with proceedings in a court under Part 1A of the Act of 1980^f1 (access to children in care) and under section 3(6)^f2 or 5(4) of that Act (objection to resolution vesting parental rights and duties in a local authority or voluntary organisation), except that rule 33 shall apply only in connection with proceedings under the said section 3(6) or 5(4).

In this Part of the Rules the expressions “child”, “guardian” (except where it is used in the expression “guardianad litem”), “local authority” and “voluntary organisation” have the meanings assigned to them by section 87(1) of the said Act; the expression “parent” has the meaning assigned to it by section 87(1) of the said Act, except that in proceedings under section 3(6) or 5(4) of the said Act it includes a person having custody of a child by an order of a court where section 8(2) of the said Act applies; and the expression “custodian” means a person in whom legal custody of a child is vested by an order under section 33 of the Children Act 1975^f3.