Limit on the power of a local authority to enter into a parenting contract or apply for a parenting order
7.—(1) Except in a case mentioned in paragraph (3), a local authority may not enter into a parenting contract or apply for a parenting order where the school by reference to which the contract would otherwise be entered into or the application would otherwise be made (“the school in question”) is not in the area of the authority.
(2) Except in a case mentioned in paragraph (4), a local authority may not enter into a parenting contract or apply for a parenting order where the child by reference to whom the contract would otherwise be entered into or the application would otherwise be made (“the child in question”) does not reside in the area of the authority.
(3) A local authority may enter into a parenting contract, or apply for a parenting order, where the school in question is not in the area of the authority where—
(a)the authority has an agreement with the local authority where the school in question is situated that the first authority may enter into a parenting contract or apply for a parenting order in the circumstances; or
(b)the child in question resides in the area of the authority and he has been permanently excluded.
(4) A local authority may enter into a parenting contract or apply for a parenting order where the child in question does not reside in the area of the authority if—
(a)the school in question is in the area of the authority; and
(b)the child—
(i)is a registered pupil at the school; or
(ii)has been permanently excluded from the school,
where the authority has an agreement with the local authority where the child in question resides that the first authority may enter into a parenting contract or apply for a parenting order in those circumstances.