Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Adoption Removal provisions Section 35: Authority foster parents
Where an authority foster parent has given notice of intention to adopt, which they may do once the child has lived with them for one year, then the child may only be removed with the leave of the court, by an adoption authority or other person in exercise of a power conferred by any statutory provision or, if the child is voluntarily accommodated under Article 21 of the Children Order, by a person who has parental responsibility for the child (subsection (5)). However, where the child has been with the authority foster parent for 5 years or more or an application for leave to make an application to adopt has been made but not disposed of, the right of a person with parental responsibility for the child under Article 22(2) of the Children Order to remove a child does not apply (subsections (2) and (3)).