{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/152",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Support Services and Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Termination of adoption allowances",
  "text": "An adoption allowance ceases to be payable to an adoptive parent if–\n(a) the adoptive child ceases to have a home with the adoptive parent (unless the adoption agency consider its continuation to be necessary having regard to the needs of the child or any other exceptional circumstances);\n(b) the child ceases full time education or training and commences employment;\n(c) the child qualifies for income support or jobseeker’s allowance in the child’s own right;\n(d) the child attains the age of 18, unless the child continues in full time education or training, in which case the allowance may continue until the end of the course or training that the child is then undertaking; or\n(e) any period agreed between the adoption agency and the adoptive parent for the payment of the allowance expires.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2013/137",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2013"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/152/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:55.273185+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."
}