# Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 72: Orders which are kinship care orders


(1) In section 71, “kinship care order” means—
(a) an order under section 11(1) of the 1995 Act which gives to a qualifying person the right mentioned in section 2(1)(a) of that Act in relation to a child,
(b) a residence order which has the effect that a child is to live with, or live predominantly with, a qualifying person, or
(c) an order under section 11(1) of the 1995 Act appointing a qualifying person as a guardian of a child.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a “qualifying person” is a person who, at the time the order is made—
(a) is related to the child,
(b) is a friend or acquaintance of a person related to the child, or
(c) has such other relationship to, or connection with, the child as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify.
(3) But a parent of a child is not a “qualifying person” for the purposes of subsection (1).
(4) The references in subsection (2) to a person who is related to a child include a person who is—
(a) married to or in a civil partnership with a person who is related to the child,
(b) related to the child by the half blood.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/8/section/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-72
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