SCHEDULE 3 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

I112Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.56)

1

The Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 is amended as follows.

2

In section 2(2)(d) (children who are not foster children), for the words from “nursing home" to the end there is substituted “ accommodation provided by a care home service registered under Part 1 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8) ”.

3

In section 21(1) (interpretation)—

a

at the appropriate place there is inserted—

care home service” has the meaning given by section 2(3) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8);

and

b

in the definition of “place of safety" for the words from “means" to the end there is substituted “ has the meaning given by section 93(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36) ”.