{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
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  "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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;\n“adoption allowance” means an allowance payable in accordance with regulations 10 to 16;\n“adoptive child” means–\n(a) a child who has been adopted or in respect of whom an applicant has given notice of their intention to adopt under section 18 of the Act; or\n(b) a child whom an adoption agency has matched with a prospective adopter or placed for adoption;\n“adoptive parent” means–\n(a) a person who has adopted a child or has given notice of their intention to adopt under section 18 of the Act; or\n(b) a person with whom an adoption agency has matched a child or has placed a child for adoption;\n“foster carer” has the same meaning as in the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009;\n“income support” means income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;\n“jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995; and\n“kinship carer” has the same meaning as in the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2009/[ ]."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2013/137",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2013"
    },
    {
      "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/2",
    "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."
}