Child Care (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 58L of Principal Act

17. Section 58L of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the designation of that section as subsection (1), and

(b) by the addition of the following subsections after subsection (1):

“(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of subsection (1), an application under section 58D(2) to be registered in the register may be made by—

(a) a relative to whom that paragraph applies, other than a parent of the child, or

(b) the spouse of such relative, other than where the relative is a parent of the child.

(3) In this section, ‘parent’ includes a person acting in loco parentis.”.