Adoption and Children Act 2002, Paragraph 56 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
56U.K.In section 10 (power of court to make section 8 orders)—
(a)in subsection (4)(a), for “or guardian” there is substituted “ , guardian or special guardian ”,
(b)after subsection (4)(a) there is inserted—
“(aa)any person who by virtue of section 4A has parental responsibility for the child;”,
(c)after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A)A local authority foster parent is entitled to apply for a residence order with respect to a child if the child has lived with him for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the application.”,
(d)after subsection (7) there is inserted—
“(7A)If a special guardianship order is in force with respect to a child, an application for a residence order may only be made with respect to him, if apart from this subsection the leave of the court is not required, with such leave.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 56 in force at 30.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(o) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)
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