Regulation 2 Amendment of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009

(1)

The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 33(1)(b) (fostering and kinship care allowances) for “1993” substitute “1995”.

(3)

In regulations 45(1) (review of the child’s case: child placed with kinship carer, foster carer or in a residential establishment) and 46(1) (local authority visits: child in placement) omit “by a local authority”.

(4)

In regulation 48(2) (arrangements with registered fostering services)—

(a)

omit “II, III,” and “XI and XII”;

(b)

after “VI,” insert “VII,”; and

(c)

after “VIII” for “,” substitute “and”.

(5)

In Schedule 3 (information as to prospective foster carer or kinship carer and other members of the household and family)—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

after “marital” insert “or civil partnership”; and

(ii)

after “marriage” insert “and civil partnership”;

(b)

in paragraph 2 after “foster” insert “or kinship”;

(c)

in paragraph 9 for “relative” substitute “kinship”;

(d)

in paragraph 11 for “foster” where it second occurs substitute “become a foster or kinship carer”; and

(e)

in paragraphs 13 and 14 after “foster” where it second occurs in each paragraph insert “or kinship”.

(6)

In paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 (matters and obligations to be covered in foster and kinship placement agreements) at the end insert “or 6”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2009/210.