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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-scotland-act-2010/schedule-12/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/8",
  "legislation_title": "Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010",
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  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A “fostering service” is a service which is provided by—\n(a) a local authority under paragraph (a) of section 26(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36) (fostering of children looked after by a local authority);\n(b) a person other than a local authority and which consists of, or includes, the making of arrangements for or in connection with the performance of functions assigned to a local authority—\n(i) under that paragraph; or\n(ii) by virtue of section 5(2) to (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49) (regulations relating to performance of functions assigned to a local authority under that Act); or\n(c) a local authority and which consists of, or includes, the functions assigned to the authority by sections 3 and 8 to 10 of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 56) (ensuring well-being etc. of certain privately fostered children).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 9 in force at 1.10.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 9 in force at 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 12 para. 6",
      "affecting": "asp/2024/5",
      "affecting_title": "Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:27.543776+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."
}