Children Act, 1989

Children and young persons in care at passing of this Act.

3.—Where on the passing of this Act a child or young person is in the actual possession or control of any person in consequence of an order made or purporting to have been made under Part II or IV of the Children Act, 1908, placing the child or young person in the care of a health board, whether solely or in conjunction with another person and the order would have been valid at the time it was made or purported to have been made if this Act had been in force at that time, he shall be deemed to be lawfully in such possession or control, and any person may apply to a court for an order under Part II or IV of that Act providing for the care of the child or young person or the renewal, variation or revocation of any such order as if he were the subject of an order made under that Act.