# Child Care Act 1980 (repealed 14.10.1991), Section 29: Power of local authority to visit and assist persons formerly in their care.

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Where a person was at or after the time when he attained the age of seventeen in the care of a local authority under section 2 of this Act but has ceased to be in their care, then, while he is under the age of twenty-one, the local authority, if so requested by him, may cause him to be visited, advised and befriended and, in exceptional circumstances, to be given financial assistance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/5/section/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-care-act-1980-repealed-14101991/section-29
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