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The local authority designated in the care order must be the authority in whose area the child is ordinarily resident, or, where the child does not reside in the area of a local authority (for example, a child from outside England and Wales), the authority within whose area any circumstances arose in consequence of which the order is being made (s.31(8)).

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Freeman, M.D.A. (1992). The Public Care System — II. In: Children, their Families and the Law. Practical Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22326-8_6

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