Section 117 Interpretation of Part 9

In this Part—

• “child” means a person who is under the age of 16 years;

• F1“parent” means—

  1. (a)

     any parent enjoying parental responsibilities or parental rights under Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,

  2. (b)

     any individual in whom parental responsibilities or parental rights are vested by, under or by virtue of that Act,

  3. (c)

     any individual in whom parental responsibilities or parental rights are vested by, under or by virtue of a permanence order (as defined in section 80(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007), and

  4. (d)

     any individual who appears to be an individual who ordinarily (and other than by reason only of the individual’s employment) has charge of, or control over, the child,

• “parenting order” has the meaning given by section 103(1).