# The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992, Regulation 51: Persons who are not persons with care


(1) For the purposes of the Act the following categories of person shall not be persons with care—
(a) a local authority;
(b) a person with whom a child who is looked after by a local authority is placed by that authority under the provisions of the Children Act 1989 except where that person is a parent of such a child and the local authority allow the child to live with that parent under section 23(5) of that Act;
(ba) in Scotland, a family or relative with whom a child is placed by a local authority under the provisions of section 26 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 or who is providing continuing care by virtue of arrangements made under section 26A of that Act.
(c) in Scotland, a person with whom a child is boarded out by a local authority under the provisions of section 21 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 .
(2) In paragraph (1) above—
“local authority” means, in relation to England and Wales, the council of a county, a metropolitan district, a London Borough or the Common Council of the City of London and, in relation to Scotland, a regional council or an islands council;
“a child who is looked after by a local authority” has the same meaning as in section 22 of the Children Act 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1813/regulation/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-maintenance-assessment-procedure-regulations-1992/regulation-51
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