Grounds for making a supervision or care order

The Family Court or a magistrate’s court may only make a supervision or care order under this Part, if it is satisfied that, (a) the child concerned is suffering or is likely to suffer harm and that the harm, or probability of harm, is attributed to, 61 (i) insufficient care given to the child, or likely to be given to the child if the order were not made, (ii) the child being beyond parental control; or (iii) the ill-treatment of the child; (b) the child has shown anti-social behaviour tendencies, that is to say, has acted in a manner that caused harm or was likely to cause harm, distress or alarm to the public and that such an order is necessary to protect the public from further anti-social acts by the child; or (c) the is living in circumstances characterised by absence or insufficiency of parental or guardian control, or is not in school and habitually associates with persons of questionable character.