Section 167 Child’s Right Act

Section 167 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Protection of children, emergency cases of cancellation of registration, etc. It is under Part XIV (Child Minding and Day Care of Young Children) of the Act.

(1) Where an application is made to the Court for an order‐
(a) canceling a registered persons registration;
(b) varying any condition imposed on a registered person under section 164 or 165 of this Act; or
(c) removing a condition or imposing an additional condition on such a person, the Court may make the order if it appears to the Court that a child who is being, or may be, looked after by a person, or as the case may be, in accordance with the provision for child minding or day care, is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm.

(2) Any cancellation variation removal or imposition order made under this section shall have effect from the date on which the order is made.

(3) An application under subsection (1) of this section may be ex parte and shall be supported by a written statement of the State Governments reasons for making it.

(4) Where an order is made under this section, the State Government shall serve on the registered person, as soon as is reasonably practicable, after the making of the order‐
(a) notice of the order and of its terms; and
(b) a copy of the statement of the State Governments reasons which supported its application for the order.

(5) Where the Court imposes or varies any condition under subsection (1) of this section, the condition, or the condition as varied, shall be treated for all purposes, other than for the purpose of section 173 of this Act, as if it had been imposed under section 164 or 165 of this Act, by the State Government concerned.