56U.K.In section 10 (power of court to make section 8 orders)—
(a)in subsection (4)(a), for “or guardian” there is substituted “ , guardian or special guardian ”,
(b)after subsection (4)(a) there is inserted—
“(aa)any person who by virtue of section 4A has parental responsibility for the child;”,
(c)after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A)A local authority foster parent is entitled to apply for a residence order with respect to a child if the child has lived with him for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the application.”,
(d)after subsection (7) there is inserted—
“(7A)If a special guardianship order is in force with respect to a child, an application for a residence order may only be made with respect to him, if apart from this subsection the leave of the court is not required, with such leave.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 56 in force at 30.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(o) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)