{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-allowance-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-allowance-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3257",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Allowance (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-allowance-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978;\n“adopters” means the persons who have adopted or intend to adopt a child or, where there is only one such person, that person;\n“adoption agency” means a local authority or an approved adoption society within the meaning of the Act;\n“adoption panel” means a panel established in accordance with regulation 7 of the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996;\n“attendance allowance” means an allowance under section 64 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“child benefit” means a benefit under section 141 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“disability living allowance” means an allowance under section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“fostering allowance” means the amount of money paid by way of an allowance for a child placed with a foster carer under regulation 9 of the Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996;\n“income support” means income support under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995.\n(2) In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3266."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3263."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3257/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:35.134773+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}