The Refuges for Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Made: 19th February 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 22nd February 2010

Coming into force: 16th March 2010

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38(2) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Refuges for Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 and come into force on 16thMarch 2010.

Amendment of the Refuges for Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996

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• (1) The Refuges for Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996[^f00002] are amended as follows.

• (2) In regulation 3 (designation of refuges: local authority establishments and foster households) for paragraph (b) substitute—

(b) the household of a person who is approved as a foster carer under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009[^f00003],

• (3) In regulation 10(2) (withdrawal of designation of approval) for paragraph (c) substitute—

(c) where a person approved as a foster carer under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 has had that approval terminated under those Regulations;

Signed

ADAM INGRAM — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 19th February 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations make amendments to the Refuges for Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996 consequential upon the coming into force of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c.36. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 c.46.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1996/3259.

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2009/210 as amended by S.S.I. 2009/290.