Placement of children in a charitable children’s institution

(1) A Charitable Children’s Institution may admit a child to its care only if—
(a) in an emergency situation, the child is referred to the institution by way of an interim care order or a care order; or
(b) the child is taken to the institution by an authorised officer or any person who has reasonable cause to believe that the child is in need of care and protection.
(2) Where a child is admitted to a Charitable Children’s Institution in accordance with subsection (1), the Charitable Children’s Institution shall—
(a) within twenty-four hours, inform the Secretary that it has admitted a child; and
(b) institute care proceedings under section 153 of this Act within seven days of the admission.
(3) A Charitable Children’s Institution that receives a child into its care shall institute the Court proceedings referred to in subsection (2) and produce the child before the Court without delay unless—
(a) the parent or guardian of the child applies to the Secretary for the release to them of the child;
(b) the child is held in accordance with section 145; or
(c) it is not in the best interest of the child to be placed with the Charitable Children’s Institution.
(4) A Charitable Children’s Institution shall not admit a child into its care without a Court committal order specifying, among other things, the maximum period for which the child shall be accommodated in the institution.
(5) In determining whether or not to issue a committal order under subsection(4), the Court shall admit and consider any report made by a children’s officer in respect of the child.
(6) A person shall not remove or transfer a child from a Charitable Children’s Institution to another institution without leave of the Court.