Article 2 Aftercare: types of support constituting “eligible needs”

The following types of support are specified for the purposes of section 29(8) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995^f1:—

(a)

financial support to meet essential accommodation and maintenance costs;

(b)

support, in the form of information or advice, to assist the person to access education, training, employment, leisure and skills-related opportunities; and

(c)

insofar as not covered by sub-paragraph (b), support, in the form of information or advice, relating to the person’s wellbeing.

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Footnotes

f1: Section 29(8) provides a definition of “eligible needs” for the purposes of section 29(5A)(a) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, which was inserted by section 66(2)(f) of the 2014 Act.