{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-care-care-experience-and-services-planning-scotland-act-2026/section-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-care-care-experience-and-services-planning-scotland-act-2026/section-37.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/16",
  "legislation_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-care-care-experience-and-services-planning-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Uprating of allowances",
  "text": "(1) The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 is amended by subsections (2) and (3).\n(2) In section 110 (allowances for care of certain children: regulations), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) Sections 86A and 86B of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 apply as if a rate of payment specified in regulations made under subsection (1)(a) was a relevant figure for the purposes of those sections.”.\n(3) In section 117 (orders and regulations), in subsection (5), paragraph (a), after sub-paragraph (iii) insert—\n“(iv) section 110(1)(a) which make provision of a kind mentioned in subsection (3)(c) of that section,”\n(4) The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 is as amended by subsections (5) and (6).\n(5) In section 73 (kinship care assistance: further provision)—\n(a) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) Sections 86A and 86B of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 apply as if a rate of payment specified in regulations mentioned in subsection (2B) was a relevant figure for the purposes of those sections.\n(2B) The regulations are regulations made under section 71(2) that specify a rate of payment to be made to kinship carers.”,\n(b) after subsection (4) insert—\n“(5) In this section, “kinship carer” means a person approved as suitable to be a kinship carer in accordance with the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/210).”.\n(6) In section 99 (subordinate legislation), in subsection (2), after “section 68(3)(b)” insert—\n“section 71(2), where provision of a kind mentioned in section 73(2B) is made”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 70(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/16/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:40.185391+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."
}