Regulation 5 Services for persons outside the areaI1
England and Wales
Section 14F of the Act (special guardianship support services) applies to a local authority in respect of the following persons who are outside the authority’s area—
a relevant child who is looked after by the local authority or was looked after by the local authority immediately before the making of a special guardianship order;
a special guardian or prospective special guardian of such a child;
a child of a special guardian or prospective special guardian mentioned in sub-paragraph (b).
But section 14F ceases to apply at the end of the period of three years from the date of the special guardianship order except in a case where the local authority are providing financial support under Chapter 2 and the decision to provide that support was made before the making of the order.
Nothing in this regulation prevents a local authority from providing special guardianship support services to persons outside their area where they consider it appropriate to do so.