{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-guardianship-regulations-2005/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-guardianship-regulations-2005/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1109",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Guardianship Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-guardianship-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Services for persons outside the area",
  "text": "(1) 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—\n(a) 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;\n(b) a special guardian or prospective special guardian of such a child;\n(c) a child of a special guardian or prospective special guardian mentioned in sub-paragraph (b).\n(2) 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.\n(3) 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1109/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:59:44.380384+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."
}