
1 
In the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 2) paragraph (8) of Article 64 (which prevents an application for the discharge of an emergency protection order being heard by a court within 72 hours of the making of the order) is repealed.
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(1) This Act may be cited as the Children (Emergency Protection Orders) Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on Royal Assent.