Where a local authority or relevant housing provider (a “relevant authority”)—
is a party to proceedings in the county court , and
considers that a party to those proceedings is a person in relation to whom it would be reasonable for it to make an application for a parenting order under section 26A or 26B (a “parenting order application”),
it may make such an application to that court in relation to that person.
Where—
a relevant authority considers that a party to proceedings in the county court is a person in relation to whom it would be reasonable for it to make a parenting order application, but
the relevant authority is not a party to those proceedings,
it may apply to be joined to those proceedings to enable it to make a parenting order application.
Where—
there are proceedings in the county court to which a relevant authority is a party, and
the relevant authority considers that a child or young person has engaged in anti-social behaviour that is material in relation to the proceedings,
the relevant authority may apply for a person who is a parent of the child or young person to be joined to the proceedings to enable it to make a parenting order application in relation to him.
A person must not be joined to proceedings in pursuance of subsection (3) unless the anti-social behaviour in question is material in relation to those proceedings.