{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968/section-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968/section-77.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/49",
  "legislation_title": "Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968",
  "path": "section/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Meaning of child for the purposes of this Part of this Act.",
  "text": "(1) “Child” in this Part of this Act means—\n(a) for the purpose of sections 69 to 71, a child within the meaning of Part III of this Act,\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) for any other purpose, a person under eighteen.\n(2) “Parent” in this Part of this Act includes a guardian.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 77(1)(b) repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54, SIF 20), ss. 72(4), 73(4)(d), Sch. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/49/section/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:53:29.441282+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."
}