60In 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;”.