At a family court hearing, judge Mr Justice Poole said that councils could approve vaccinations for children who have a care order without court approval where there is a dispute with parents over the need for the child to be vaccinated.
Mr Justice Poole stipulated that councils could use their powers under section 33 of the Children Act 1989 so long as vaccines in question were being administered to children of the relevant age as part of a national programme approved by the UK Health Security Agency.
Section 33 of the Children Act 1989 gives authorities with a care order parental responsibility for the child and can determine the extent to which others, such as birth parents, can exercise their own personal responsibility, so long as doing so is necessary to safeguard and protect the child’s welfare.
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