Second Schedule to this Act.
20.
Welfare reports.
(1) The family and children court shall require a written welfare
report in respect of a child before making a supervision order or a care order.
(2) It shall be the duty of the probation and social welfare officer to
prepare a welfare report, and he or she shall comply with the request of a
family and children court whenever required to produce a welfare report.
(3) The probation and social welfare officer shall make a home visit
and interview the parents of the child concerned before making a welfare
report.
(4) Where the child in respect of whom the welfare report is made is
of sufficient age and understanding, he or she shall be interviewed by the
probation and social welfare officer.
(5) A welfare report shall contain matters relating to the welfare of
the child and recommendations as to any action to be taken by the family and
children court.
(6) The family and children court shall take the information contained
in the welfare report into account in as far as it is relevant to the order being
made.
(7) If the family and children court is not satisfied with any
recommendation made by the probation and social welfare officer in the
welfare report, it shall state and record its reasons for not complying with the
recommendation.
21.
Grounds for making a supervision or care order.
A family and children court may only make an order under this Part, if it is
satisfied that—
(a) the child concerned is suffering or is likely to suffer significant
harm; and
(b) that the harm, or probability of harm, is attributable to—
(i) the care given to the child, or likely to be given to the child
if the order were not made, not being what it would be
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