# The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Regulation 33: Fostering and kinship care allowances

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(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 a 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-33
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