Welfare of Children Ordinance, 2008 - St Helena

10 Welfare of Children
LAWS OF
ST. HELENA
of the whole blood or the half blood or by affinity) or his step-parent;
“residence order” means an order under section 18(1)(a);
“responsible person”, in relation to a child who is the subject of a supervision order, has the
meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4;
“SCB” means the St. Helena Safeguarding Children‘s Board established under section 38;
“school” has the same meaning as in the Education Ordinance, 2008;
“section 18 order” has the meaning given by section 18(2);
“secure accommodation” means accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting
liberty;
“specific issue order” has the meaning given by section 18(1)(d);
“supervised child” means the child with respect to whom a supervision order is made;
“supervision order” means an order under section 42(1)(b);
“supervisor” means—
(a) where the supervision order places the supervised child under the supervision of a
probation officer, such probation officer as is for the time being assigned to him in
(b)
accordance with probation rules;
where the supervision order places the supervised child under the supervision of
the Department, such officer of the Department as is for the time being assigned to
him by the Department;
“United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child” means the Convention on the
Rights of the Child adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 th
November 1989, subject to any reservations, objections or interpretative declarations by
the United Kingdom for the time being in force and as extended to St. Helena;
“usual fostering limit” means the limit imposed by section 72(2);
“voluntary organisation” means a body (other than a public authority) whose activities are not
carried on for profit;
“young person” means a person who has attained 16 years of age, but who is under 18 years
of age.
(2) Any reference to—
(a) a child being in need shall be construed in accordance with section 30(5);
(b)
(c)
a child in the care of the Department is to a child with respect to whom a care order
is in force;
a child being looked after by the Department shall be construed in accordance with
section 31(1).
(3) Any register to be kept by the Department under this Ordinance may be kept in
electronic format; and where such a register is so kept, any obligation to make it available for
inspection is fulfilled by making the entries on it available in visible and legible form.
Welfare of child
PART II
WELFARE AND RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
3. (1) Whenever the Government, the Department, a court, a competent authority, a
voluntary organisation or any other person makes a decision with respect to—
(a) the custody, care, maintenance, health, education, development or any other matter
relating to the upbringing of a particular child or children in general; or
(b) the administration of a child's property or the application of any income arising
from it,
the child's welfare shall be the paramount consideration.
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