# Foster Children Act 1980 (repealed 14.10.1991), Section 22: Interpretation.

Extent: E+W

In this Act—
“child” means a person under the age of 18;
“compulsory school age” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1944;
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“local authority” means the council of a non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district or London borough, or the Common Council of the City of London;
“local authority in Scotland” means a regional or islands council;
“place of safety” means a community home provided by a local authority, a controlled community home, a police station, or any hospital, surgery or other suitable place whose occupier is willing temporarily to receive a child;
“relative”, in relation to a child, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt (whether of the full blood or half-blood or by affinity) and includes, where the child is illegitimate, the father of the child and any person who would be a relative within the meaning of this definition if the child were the legitimate child of his mother and father;
“voluntary organisation” means a body the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/6/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foster-children-act-1980-repealed-14101991/section-22
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