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Children and Adoption Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 72:"Page 6, line 10, at end insert ““at any time under this Act””" The noble Earl said: This is a probing amendment to clarify the applicability of the new enforcement orders in relation to breach of contact orders made under the Children Act 1989 before the coming into force of Clause 4 of the Bill. If there is applicability in that sense, the amendment is designed to seek information on the procedure for attaching warning notices to existing contact orders. It is unclear whether the new enforcement orders will be able to be made in relation to breaches of contact orders or varied contact orders made under the Children Act 1989 before the implementation of the provisions of the Bill. Clause 3 provides that the court is to attach a warning notice to contact orders about the consequences of failing to comply with an order. Clause 4 provides that a court may not make an enforcement order unless the person against whom it is sought has received a copy of a warning notice under new Section 11I. No such notices will have been attached to earlier existing contact orders, so we are seeking clarification of the position on enforcement of those orders. I beg to move.