Section 44B — Children Act 1989: Undertakings relating to emergency protection orders.

Undertakings relating to emergency protection orders. 44B 1 In any case where the court has power to include an exclusion requirement in an emergency protection order, the court may accept an undertaking from the relevant person.

2 No power of arrest may be attached to any undertaking given under subsection (1).

3 An undertaking given to a court under subsection (1)—

a shall be enforceable as if it were an order of the court, and b shall cease to have effect if, while it is in force, the applicant has removed the child from the dwelling-house from which the relevant person is excluded to other accommodation for a continuous period of more than 24 hours.

4 This section has effect without prejudice to the powers of the High Court and family court apart from this section.

5 In this section “exclusion requirement” and “relevant person” have the same meaning as in section 44A.