# Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, Section 71: Amendment of Children Act 1975: maintenance payments to children


In section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (c.72) (which empowers a local authority to make payments for or towards the maintenance of a child under sixteen who is residing with and being cared for, other than as a foster child, by a person other than the parent of the child), for the word “sixteen" there is substituted “ eighteen ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/8/section/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001/section-71
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