The Adoption Support Services and Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;

“adoption allowance” means an allowance payable in accordance with regulations 10 to 16;

“adoptive child” means–

(a)

a child who has been adopted or in respect of whom an applicant has given notice of their intention to adopt under section 18 of the Act; or

(b)

a child whom an adoption agency has matched with a prospective adopter or placed for adoption;

“adoptive parent” means–

(a)

a person who has adopted a child or has given notice of their intention to adopt under section 18 of the Act; or

(b)

a person with whom an adoption agency has matched a child or has placed a child for adoption;

“foster carer” has the same meaning as in the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009(1);

“income support” means income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2);

“jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995(3); and

“kinship carer” has the same meaning as in the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009;

(1)

S.S.I. 2009/[ ].

(2)

1992 c. 4.

(3)

1995 c. 18.