New Clause 6 - Compensatory contact
Children and Adoption Bill [Lords]
Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 7—Orders under section 11(2): further provision—
‘After section 11R of the Children Act 1989 insert—
“11ROrders under section 11Q: further provision
(1)A court may not make an order under section 11Q(2) granting additional contact time between a person and the child concerned following the failure by an individual to comply with a contact order unless it is satisfied that before the failure occurred the individual had been given (in accordance with rules of court) a copy of, or otherwise informed of the terms of—
(a)in the case of a failure to comply with a contact order that was varied before the failure occurred, a notice under section 11I relating to the order varying the contact order or, where more than one such order has been made, the last order proceeding the failure in question, and
(b)in any other case, a notice under section 11I relating to the contact order.
(2)A court may make an order under section 11Q(2) in pursuance of a failure by an individual to comply with a contact order where the failure occurred before the individual attained the age of 18.
(3)A court may not make an order under section 11Q(2) in respect of a failure by an individual to comply with a contact order that is an excepted order (within the meaning given in section 11B(4)).”’.