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place of safety order
place of safety order n (Law) social welfare law (in Britain) under the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, an order granted by a justice to a person or agency granting authority to detain a child or young person and take him or her to a place of safety for not more than 28 days, because of the child's actual or likely ill-treatment or neglect, etc
place of safety order
place of safety order in Scots law, a child may be removed compulsorily from his family home into the care of the local authority under a place of safety order. The child can be detained at the place of safety for up to seven days, during which arrangements can be made for a children's hearing to determine whether or not the child is in need of care. The equivalent order in England is an EMERGENCY PROTECTION ORDER. |