# Adoption and Children Act 2002, Paragraph 48


In section 2 (jurisdiction: general), after subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(2A) A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to make a special guardianship order under the Children Act 1989 unless the condition in section 3 of this Act is satisfied.
(2B) A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to make an order under section 26 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 unless the condition in section 3 of this Act is satisfied.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/3/paragraph/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-48
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