# Children Act 1975, Section 50: Payments towards maintenance of children.

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Without prejudice to any existing powers and duties to make payments in respect of the maintenance of children, where a child under the age of eighteen is residing with and being cared for (other than as a foster child) by a person other than a parent of the child, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 may make to that person payments for or towards the maintenance of the child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/72/section/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/section-50
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