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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-of-children-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Payment of allowances",
  "text": "(1) A local authority may, subject to such conditions as they consider necessary, pay such allowance, if any, as they see fit to a foster carer with whom a child is placed under these Regulations.\n(2) Any allowance payable by virtue of paragraph (1) may be–\n(a) a fixed allowance applicable in the case of all children for whom the local authority have responsibility by virtue of these Regulations;\n(b) a rate applicable to certain categories or circumstances of case;\n(c) amounts relevant to the individual needs of a particular child;\nand may take into account the needs and circumstances of the foster carer with whom the child is placed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3263/regulation/9",
    "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."
}