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PART 6MISCELLANEOUS

Grants, loans and other payments

68Grants 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.