Case No. Case-No.-CO-5942-2017

(1) Each local authority shall have the duties provided for in this section towards – (a) a person who has been a relevant child for the purposes of section 23A (and would be one if he were under eighteen) and in relation to whom they were the last responsible authority; and (b) a person who was being looked after by them when he attained the age of eighteen, and immediately before ceasing to be looked after was an eligible child, and in this section such a person is referred to as a “former relevant child”.” 31. A “former relevant child” is: (1) a person who has been a “relevant child” (and would be one if under 18) and in relation to whom the authority were the last responsible authority; or (2) a person who was being looked after by the authority when he reached the age of 18 and immediately before ceasing to be looked after was an eligible child: s.23C(1). 32. A “relevant child” is a child who: (1) is not currently being looked after by a local authority; (2) was, before last ceasing to be looked after, an eligible child for the purposes of Sch.2, para.19B; and (3) is aged 16 or 17: s.23A(2). 33. A child is “looked after” by a local authority: (1) if that child is in their care or they provide accommodation for a continuous period of 24 hours in exercise of their social services functions apart from those under ss.17, 23B and 24B: s.22(1); and (2) as soon as the child becomes subject to a s. 20(1) duty: see