Where a child becomes a maintainable child by virtue of being F1looked after by a local authority, any court of summary jurisdiction, having jurisdiction in the place where the contributor is for the time being residing, may, on the application of the local authority, at any time make an order on any contributor, hereinafter in this Act referred to as a contribution order, for weekly contributions in respect of the child of such amount as the court thinks proper.

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Subject to the following provisions of this section, a contribution order in respect of a maintainable child shall remain in force F3throughout the period during which he is looked after by a local authority

No contribution shall be payable, by virtue of a contribution order by a contributor who F4, being a natural person, has parental responsibilities (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to the maintainable child, in respect of any period after the maintainable child becomes sixteen.

A contribution order may be revoked or varied by any court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in the place where the contributor is for the time being residing and shall be enforceable in like manner as a decree for aliment.

Where a contributor resides in England or Wales or Northern Ireland this section shall have effect as if for any reference to a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in a place where the contributor is for the time being residing there were substituted a reference to a court of summary jurisdiction having jurisdiction in any place within the area of the local authority F5looking after the child.