The Financial Assistance Scheme (Internal Review) Regulations 2005

Representation of children

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• (1) Subject to paragraph (2), where any interested person is a child aged less than 18, the scheme manager may treat—

• (a) a parent of the child;

• (b) a person with parental responsibility within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989 in relation to the child;

• (c) a person with parental responsibility or parental rights under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in relation to the child;

• (d) a person with parental responsibility within the meaning of Article 6 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 in relation to the child,

as a person appointed to act as that child’s representative for the purposes of these Regulations.

• (2) Where—

• (a) no person referred to in paragraph (1) is known to the scheme manager, the scheme manager may appoint a person to act as that child’s representative for the purposes of these Regulations;

• (b) more than one person referred to in paragraph (1) wishes to act as the child’s representative for the purposes of these Regulations, the scheme manager may appoint one of those persons as the representative of that child.