The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022

Amendment of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984

3.  In section 7 (persons disqualified from keeping foster children) of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984(1)—

(a) in subsection (1), after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) the person has been convicted of a relevant offence;”;

(b) at the end insert—

“(6) In this section, “relevant offence” means any of the following offences when committed against, or in relation to, a child—

(a) an offence under section 136, 140 or 144 of the Health and Care Act 2022 (virginity testing),

(b) an offence under section 137, 141 or 145 of that Act (offering to carry out virginity testing),

(c) an offence under section 138, 142 or 146 of that Act (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out virginity testing),

(d) an offence under section 148, 152 or 156 of that Act (carrying out hymenoplasty),

(e) an offence under section 149, 153 or 157 of that Act (offering to carry out hymenoplasty), and

(f) an offence under section 150, 154 or 158 of that Act (aiding or abetting etc a person to carry out hymenoplasty).”.

(1)

1984 c. 56. Section 7 has been amended by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), section 105 and Schedule 4; the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40), section 5 and Schedule 4; the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8), section 80 and Schedule 4; the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14), section 88 and Schedule 4; the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), section 93 and Schedule 5; and by S.S.I. 2010/21 and S.S.I. 2013/211.