08/04/2020
URGENT UPDATE - CHILDREN MAY TRANSIT BETWEEN PARENTS IF THERE IS A COURT ORDER - In terms of Government Gazette 11083 Volume 658 published on 7 April 2020 No 43213, subparagraph (m) of the previous regulations of 30 March 2020 are SUBSTITUTED AS FOLLOWS:
(i) Movement of children between co-holders of parental rights and responsibilities and rights or a caregiver, as defined in Section 1(1) of the Children's Act 2005, during the lockdown period, is prohibited, EXCEPT where arrangements are in place for a child to move from one parent to another, in terms of -
(aa) a Court Order; OR
(bb) where a parental responsibilities and rights agreement or parenting plan, registered with the Family Advocate, is in existence,
provided that, in the household to which the child is to move, there is no person to have come into contact with, or is reasonably suspected to have come into contact with, a person known to have contracted, or reasonably suspected to have contracted, COVID-19;
(ii) the parent or caregiver transporting the child concerned must have in his or her possession, the court order or the agreement referred to in sub items (aa) and (bb), respectively, or a certified copy thereof.
