Regulation 33 Fostering and kinship care allowances

Scotland

(1)

A local authority shall, subject to such conditions as they consider necessary, pay such allowance, as they see fit to–

(a)

a foster carer or a kinship carer with whom a child has been placed in accordance with these Regulations;

(b)

where a child is required by virtue of F1a compulsory supervision order to reside with a person other than their parent, the person with whom the child is directed to reside; and

(c)

any person in whom parental responsibilities and parental rights are vested by virtue of the making of a permanence order with whom a child who is the subject of that order is residing.

(2)

Any allowance payable in terms of paragraph (1) may–

(a)

be–

(i)

a fixed allowance applicable in the case of all children for whom the local authority have responsibility by virtue of section 17 of the 1995 Act;

(ii)

a rate applicable to certain categories of case; or

(iii)

amounts relevant to the individual needs of a particular child; and

(b)

take into account the needs and circumstances of the person with whom the child is placed.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 33(1)(b) substituted (24.6.2013) by The Childrens Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/147), art. 1, sch. para. 11(12); S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3