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Chapter 7 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 7 Multiple choice questions
The Children Act - the public law
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Which of the following is not a duty imposed on a local authority by the
Children Act 1989 ("CA")
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Safeguard children who are in need
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Pay weekly visits to children they suspect are in need
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Provide accommodation
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Investigate the welfare of children in certain circumstances
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Which of the following is not classed as a child in need under
s 17(10) Children Act 1989 ("CA")
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One who is unlikely to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision of services by the local authority
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One whose health or development is likely to be significantly impaired or further impaired without these services
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One who is homeless
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One who is disabled
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Which of the following methods of protecting children does not require sanction from the courts?
Emergency protection orders
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Interim care or supervision orders
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Police action
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Care or supervision orders
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Which of the following is not an effect of an emergency protection order (EPO)?
The court can direct that the child must be produced to the applicant
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The applicant acquires parental responsibility for the child for the duration of the order
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The court can make directions as to the people the child can have contact with
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The applicant can make major decisions about the child, for example in relation to medical treatment
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Which of the following statements about child assessment orders is untrue?
Unless the court directs otherwise, if the child is of sufficient age and understanding they may refuse to undergo an assessment
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The maximum time allowed for a child assessment order is ten working days from the date specified in the order
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The order requires that anybody who is able to do so must produce the child to the person named in the order
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A local authority or an authorised person (i.e. the NSPCC) can apply for these orders
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In respect of which of the following could a local authority apply for a care or supervision order?
A seventeen year old
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A sixteen year old who married in the UK
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A fifteen year old who married abroad
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An eighteen year old
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True or false, a local authority gains parental responsibility for a child under a care order but does not gain parental responsibility under a supervision order?
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False
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Which of the following combination of factors would not satisfy the threshold criteria for making a care or supervision order?
The child is beyond parental control and there is harm attributable to the care not being what a reasonable parent would give
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The child is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm and the harm is attributable to the care not being what a reasonable parent would give
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The child is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm and the child is beyond parent control
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Which of the following would not fall within the definition of "harm" when establishing the threshold criteria under
s 31(2) Children Act 1989 ("CA")
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Impairment of physical or mental health
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Impairment of physical, intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural development
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Seeing or hearing the ill-treatment of another
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An unusual lifestyle which differs from that of his peers
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If a local authority is seeking an interim care or supervision order, what does it need to establish?
There must be reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold criteria are met
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The threshold criteria must be met
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The court only needs to consider the welfare principle, the no-delay principle, the welfare checklist and the no order principle
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The local authority only needs to show that it has genuine reason to be concerned for the child's welfare
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