Paragraph 12 Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 13(2)(dd) (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support)^f2, after “(promotion of children’s welfare by local authorities and by children’s hearings etc.)” insert “, or by virtue of any order or warrant made under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011,”.

In Schedule 1B^f3, for paragraph 2 (prescribed categories of person – single persons looking after foster children) substitute—

“2.

A single claimant or a lone parent with whom a child is placed—

(a)

by a local authority or voluntary organisation within the meaning of the Children Act 1989;

(b)

by a local authority or voluntary organisation within the meaning of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;

(c)

by virtue of any order or warrant made under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.”.