{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968/section-78A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968/section-78A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/49",
  "legislation_title": "Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-work-scotland-act-1968",
  "path": "section/78A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78A",
  "heading": "Recovery of contributions.",
  "text": "(1) Section 87 of this Act (charges for services and accommodation)\nshall not apply to the provision of services (including accommodation) under this Act in respect of maintainable children, and the provisions of this section shall apply thereto.\n(2) A local authority providing such services may recover from a contributor a contribution (if any) of such amount as is reasonable and, subject to that, may recover—\n(a) a standard contribution determined by them in respect of maintainable children who are looked after by them; or\n(b) such other contribution as they consider reasonable in the circumstances.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 78A inserted by Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 19(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 78A(2)(a) substituted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(18) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/49/section/78A",
    "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."
}