{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-of-children-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-of-children-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3263",
  "legislation_title": "The Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-of-children-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“foster” means arrange for a child to live as a member of the family of a person who is not a parent, does not have parental responsibilities in respect of the child and who is not a relevant person in relation to the child and who undertakes to look after the child other than in accordance with the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996;\n“derivative approval” means approval by one local authority of a person as a foster carer under regulation 7(3) where that person is currently approved as such by another local authority;\n“foster carer” means a person approved by a local authority in accordance with regulation 7;\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“looked after” has in respect of a local authority the meaning given to that term by section 17(6) of the Act;\n“placement” means the provision of accommodation by a local authority for a child looked after by them by any of the means specified in section 26 of the Act;\n“relevant person” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(2)(b) of the Act;\n“supervision requirement” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(1) of the Act;\n“voluntary organisation” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(1) of the Act.\n(2) In these Regulations–\n(a) any reference to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number;\n(b) any reference to a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3266."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3263/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:30.563273+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."
}