Regulation 4 Meaning of “foster parent”

(1)

For the purposes of subsection (3)(b) of section 23A (contributions credits for relevant parents and carers), a foster parent is a person approved as—

(a)

a foster parent in accordance with Part 4 (approval of foster parents) of the Fostering Services Regulations 2002^f1; or

(b)

a foster carer in accordance with Part 7 (fostering) of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009^f2.

(2)

Paragraph (1) is subject to regulation 8.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/57. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/865 and S.I. 2008/640.
f2: S.S.I. 2009/210.