SCHEDULE 1MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
In section 29 (power of local authority to defray expenses of certain persons in visiting persons or attending funerals)—
a
in the title, for the words from “expenses” to the end substitute “certain travelling expenses”, and
b
after subsection (1) insert—
1A
In subsection (1), “child” has the meaning given by section 93(2)(a) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.
1B
In subsection (1), the reference to a child who is “looked after” by a local authority is to be construed in accordance with section 17(6) of that Act of 1995.