50 Recovery of abducted children etc
Children Act 1989 (1989 c 41) | Legislation

50  Recovery of abducted children etc

(1)     Where it appears to the court that there is reason to believe that a child to whom this section applies—

(a)     has been unlawfully taken away or is being unlawfully kept away from the responsible person;

(b)     has run away or is staying away from the responsible person; or

(c)     is missing,

the court may make an order under this section (“a recovery order”).

(2)     This section applies to the same children to whom section 49 applies and in this section “the responsible person” has the same meaning as in section 49.

(3)     A recovery order—

(a)     operates as a direction to any person who is in a position to do so to produce the child on request to any authorised person;

(b)     authorises the removal of the child by any authorised person;

(c)     requires any person

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