Amendment of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009
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2.—(1) The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009() are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 33(1)(b) (fostering and kinship care allowances) for “1993” substitute “1995”.
(3) In regulations 45(1) (review of the child’s case: child placed with kinship carer, foster carer or in a residential establishment) and 46(1) (local authority visits: child in placement) omit “by a local authority”.
(4) In regulation 48(2) (arrangements with registered fostering services)—
(a)omit “II, III,” and “XI and XII”;
(b)after “VI,” insert “VII,”; and
(c)after “VIII” for “,” substitute “and”.
(5) In Schedule 3 (information as to prospective foster carer or kinship carer and other members of the household and family)—
(a)in paragraph 1—
(i)after “marital” insert “or civil partnership”; and
(ii)after “marriage” insert “and civil partnership”;
(b)in paragraph 2 after “foster” insert “or kinship”;
(c)in paragraph 9 for “relative” substitute “kinship”;
(d)in paragraph 11 for “foster” where it second occurs substitute “become a foster or kinship carer”; and
(e)in paragraphs 13 and 14 after “foster” where it second occurs in each paragraph insert “or kinship”.
(6) In paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 (matters and obligations to be covered in foster and kinship placement agreements) at the end insert “or 6”.