Direction of court to treat application differently
140 Direction of court to treat application differently
If the court considers that a termination order should not be made, it may, on application made by any person entitled to appear and be heard on the hearing of the application for the order or on its own initiative, direct that the application be treated as an application for a variation order.
If the court makes a direction under subsection (1)—
the application the subject of the direction is taken to be made under section 130 by a person entitled to make the application, and
the applicant for the termination order, and any other person entitled to appear and be heard under that section, is entitled to appear and be heard on the hearing of the application.
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