Article 33 Rights of persons other than parties.

(1)

Without prejudice to any other provision of these Rules which provides for a parent or other person to take part in proceedings, any person to whom this paragraph applies shall be entitled, in any proceedings under section 3(6) or 5(4) of the Act of 1980, to make representations to the court, and shall do so at such stage after the conclusion of the evidence in the hearing as the court considers appropriate.

(2)

The preceding paragraph applies to:

(a)

any person who is required to be given notice of the proceedings by virtue of rule 30(1); and

(b)

any other person who is not a party to the proceedings and who satisfies the court that both of the criteria specified in the next following paragraph are met.

(3)

The criteria mentioned in the preceding paragraph are—

(a)

that the person in question has demonstrated an interest in the welfare of the child to whom the proceedings relate which has been maintained until the commencement of the proceedings; and

(b)

that the representations of that person are likely to be of relevance to the proceedings and to the welfare of the child in question.