{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/19",
  "legislation_title": "Victims and Courts Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Sections 3 and 4: consequential amendments",
  "text": "(1) The Children Act 1989 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (8) .\n(2) In section 8(3), after “10A” insert “, 10C or 10E”.\n(3) In section 9(1), (6A) and (8) (as amended or inserted by section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024), after “10A” insert “, 10C or 10E”.\n(4) In section 10A (inserted by section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024)—\n(a) for the heading substitute “Duty to make prohibited steps order where one parent kills another”;\n(b) after subsection (9) insert—\n“(10) A reference in this Act to an order under this section includes, so far as the context permits, an order varying or discharging it.”\n(5) In section 10B, in subsection (2), after “made” insert “(if any)”.\n(6) In section 33(3A) (inserted by section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024)—\n(a) after “10A” insert “, 10C or 10E”;\n(b) for “parent”, in both places it occurs, substitute “person”.\n(7) In section 91—\n(a) in subsection (2), after “10A” (inserted by section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024) insert “, 10C or 10E”;\n(b) after subsection (14) insert—\n“(14A) The reference in subsection (14) and section 91A(5)(a)(iii) to the disposal of an application includes an application under the following provisions—\nsection 10B,\nsection 10D,\nsection 10F, or\nsection 10G.”\n(8) In section 104(3AZA) (inserted by section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024), for “section 10B(6)” substitute—\n“section 10B(6),\nsection 10C(11),\nsection 10D(4),\nsection 10F(7), or\nsection 10G(4).”\n(9) In section 50(2A) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (inserted by section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024), after “10A” insert “, 10C or 10E”.\n(10) In section 379 of the Sentencing Code (other behaviour orders etc), after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) See sections 10A, 10C and 10E of the Children Act 1989 for circumstances in which the Crown Court may be required to make a prohibited steps order when dealing with an offender.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 18(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/19/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:27.867027+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}