{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/38",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/56",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 10 (power of court to make section 8 orders)—\n(a) in subsection (4)(a), for “or guardian” there is substituted “ , guardian or special guardian ”,\n(b) after subsection (4)(a) there is inserted—\n“(aa) any person who by virtue of section 4A has parental responsibility for the child;”,\n(c) after subsection (5) there is inserted—\n“(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.”,\n(d) after subsection (7) there is inserted—\n“(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.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/47",
      "affecting_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/3/paragraph/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:55.944329+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}