Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984
Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (1984 c. 56)
- Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (1984 c. 56)
- Foster children for the purposes of the Act
- 1 Foster children.
- 2 Exceptions to section 1.
- Duties of local authorities
- 3 Local authorities to ensure well being of and to visit foster children.
- Notification of fostering to local authorities
- 4 Notification by parents.
- 5 Notification by persons maintaining or proposing to maintain foster children.
- 6 Notification by persons ceasing to maintain foster children
- Disqualification for fostering
- 7 Persons disqualified from keeping foster children.
- Control by local authorities of fostering
- 8 Power to inspect premises.
- 9 Power to impose requirements as to the keeping of foster children.
- 10 Power to prohibit the keeping of foster children.
- Proceedings
- 11 Appeal to sheriff against requirement or prohibition imposed under section 9 or 10.
- 12 Removal of foster children kept in unsuitable surroundings.
- 13 Search warrants.
- Advertisements
- 14 Prohibition of advertisements relating to the fostering of children.
- Offences
- 15 Offences relating to foster children.
- Extension of provisions of the Act to other children
- 16 Extension of Act to certain school children during holidays.
- 17 Extension of Act to certain children above compulsory school age.
- Miscellaneous and supplementary
- 18 Avoidance of insurances on lives of foster children.
- 19 Service of notices by post.
- 20 Regulations
- 21 Interpretation.
- 22 Transitional provisions, consequential amendments and repeals.
- 23 Citation
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Transitional Provisions
- General
- Visits by local authority officers under section 3(2)
- Notification under section 5
- Children above compulsory school age
- References to provisions of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Reference to Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984
- Consequential Amendments
- . . .
- Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46)
- Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)
- Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28)
- . . .
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
- TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
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