60U.K.In section 24 (persons qualifying for advice and assistance)—
(a)for subsection (1) there is substituted—
“(1)In this Part “a person qualifying for advice and assistance” means a person to whom subsection (1A) or (1B) applies.
(1A)This subsection applies to a person—
(a)who has reached the age of sixteen but not the age of twenty-one;
(b)with respect to whom a special guardianship order is in force (or, if he has reached the age of eighteen, was in force when he reached that age); and
(c)who was, immediately before the making of that order, looked after by a local authority.
(1B)This subsection applies to a person to whom subsection (1A) does not apply, and who—
(a)is under twenty-one; and
(b)at any time after reaching the age of sixteen but while still a child was, but is no longer, looked after, accommodated or fostered.”,
(b)in subsection (2), for “subsection (1)(b)” there is substituted “ subsection (1B)(b) ”,
(c)in subsection (5), before paragraph (a) there is inserted—
“(za)in the case of a person to whom subsection (1A) applies, a local authority determined in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State;”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 60 in force at 7.12.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/3203, art. 2(1)(m)(x)
I2Sch. 3 para. 60 in force at 30.12.2005 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(o) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)