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10(1)Where the court makes an order under section 4(4) of this Act that a person shall be sole guardian of a child to the exclusion of a parent, the court may make such order regarding—
(a)the legal custody of the child; and
(b)access to the child by the parent,
as the court thinks fit; and the powers conferred by this subsection may be exercised at any time and include power to vary or discharge any order previously made.
(2)The powers of the court under section 7 of this Act to make orders regarding matters in difference between joint guardians shall include, where a parent of the child is one of the joint guardians—
(a)power to make such order regarding—
(i)the legal custody of the child; and
(ii)access to the child by the parent,
as the court thinks fit; and
(b)powers to vary or discharge any order previously made by virtue of this subsection.
(3)An order shall not be made under or by virtue of this section at any time when the child is free for adoption by virtue of an order made under section 18 of the Adoption Act 1976 or section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978.
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