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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 8

Removal of children improperly kept.

8.(1) If a juvenile court is satisfied, on a complaint made by [the Ministry
of Home Affairs] under Part IX of the Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern
Ireland) 1964, that any child in respect of whom a notice is required to be
served on [the Ministry] under the foregoing provisions of this Part is being
kept

(a)by any person such as is mentioned in section 1(3)(a), or

(b)in any premises or environment such as are mentioned in section 1(3)(b), or

(c)by any person or in any premises in contravention of any of the foregoing
provisions of this Part,

(2) On proof that there is imminent danger to the health or well-being of the
child, the power to make an order under this section may be exercised by a
justice of the peace acting on the complaint of ... [the Ministry of Home
Affairs].

(3) An order under this section may be executed by ...4 [the Ministry of Home
Affairs] or by a constable, and, notwithstanding anything in section 7 of the
Sunday Observance Act (Ireland) 1695, may be executed on a Sunday.

(4) [The Ministry of Home Affairs] may receive into their care under
section 103 any child removed under this section whether or not his
circumstances are such that they fall within paragraph (a) or (b) of
subsection (1) of that section and notwithstanding that he may appear to [the
Ministry] to be over the age of seventeen.

(5) Where a child is removed under this section [the Ministry of Home Affairs]
shall, if practicable, inform a parent or legal or other guardian of his.

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