SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Minor and consequential amendments

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In section 2 (jurisdiction: general), after subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A)

A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to make a special guardianship order under the Children Act 1989 unless the condition in section 3 of this Act is satisfied.

(2B)

A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to make an order under section 26 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 unless the condition in section 3 of this Act is satisfied.”