PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS

Grants, loans and other payments

68 Grants in respect of activities relating to child care and family support

1

The Scottish Ministers may make grants to persons who—

a

to any extent, undertake or engage in activities which relate to—

i

the protection or care, under or by virtue of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.49) or the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36), of children; or

ii

the provision of support, under or by virtue of either of those Acts, to families; or

b

propose to undertake or engage in such activities to any extent.

2

The Scottish Ministers may make the payment of a grant in pursuance of subsection (1) above subject to such conditions and requirements (including a requirement that the whole or any part of the grant be repaid) as they think fit.