CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 158

1924 c.27

158.(1) This section and section 159 shall apply to the contributions of
putative fathers in respect of any such children or young persons as are
mentioned in subsection (4) of section 156 who are illegitimate.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3(3) of the Illegitimate
Children (Affiliation Orders) Act (Northern Ireland), 1924 (in the succeeding
provisions of this Part referred to as "the Act of 1924") where an affiliation
order is made or is in force (whether at or after the commencement of
this Act) in respect of any child or young person to whom this section applies
the court on making the order may, and any court of summary jurisdiction
acting for the petty sessions district in which the putative father resides
may at any time subsequently, order all or any part of the payments under the
affiliation order to be made to the authority or person to whom, if the child
or young person were legitimate, contributions would be payable by the person
under a duty to make them, and all payments so made to that authority or
person shall be applied in like manner as if they were made under a
contribution order.

An application for an order under this subsection in respect of a child or
young person may be made by any authority or person by whom, and in the
circumstances in which, an application might be made for a contribution order
in respect of that child or young person if he were legitimate.

(3) Where an order made under this section or section 159 is in force

(a)if the putative father changes his address, he shall forthwith give notice
thereof to the person who immediately before the change was entitled to
receive payments under the order, and, if he fails so to do, he shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding ten pounds;

(b)section 95 of the Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (duties
of collecting officers) shall not apply in relation to the affiliation order.

(4) The making of an order under subsection (2) with respect to an affiliation
order shall not extend the duration of that order, and that order shall in any
case remain in force (except for the purpose of the recovery of arrears) only

(a)where the order relates to a person received into the care of [the Ministry
of Home Affairs] under section 103, so long as he remains in their care;

(b)where the order relates to a child or young person committed to the care of
a fit person, so long as the order for such committal remains in force or
until he is allowed under section 145(1) to be under the control of a parent,
guardian, relative, next-of-kin or friend;

(c)where the order relates to a child or young person ordered to be sent to a
training school, until he ceases to be under the care of the managers of such
a school (but so that no contributions shall be payable under any such order
in respect of any period during which he is out on licence or under
supervision from the training school);

Miscellaneous provisions as to contribution orders, etc.

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 158