§ 16.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) only applies where a person who is the subject of a care order by virtue of paragraph 15(2) is a person falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) of that paragraph.
§ (2) Where the person would otherwise have remained in care until reaching the age of nineteen, by virtue of—
- (a) section 20(3)(a) or 21(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969; or
- (b) paragraph 7(5) (c)(i) of—
- (i) Schedule 5A to the Army Act 1955;
- (ii) Schedule 5A to the Air Force Act 1955; or
- (iii) Schedule 4A to the Naval Discipline Act 1957,
§ this Act applies as if in section 81(8) for the word "eighteen" there were substituted "nineteen".
§ (3) Where a person who is the subject of a care order by virtue of paragraph 15(2) is a person falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b) of that paragraph, this Act applies as if section 85 omitted.
§ (4) Sub-paragraph (5) only applies where a child who is the subject of a care order by virtue of paragraph 15(2) is a person falling within sub-paragraph (1)(e) to (g) of that paragraph.
§ (5) Where a court, on making the order, or at any time thereafter, gave directions under—
- (a) section 4(4)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973; or
- (b) section 43(5)(a) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973,
§ as to the exercise by the authority of any powers, those directions shall continue to have effect (regardless of any conflicting provision in this Act) until varied or discharged by a court under this sub-paragraph.