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<Text>Subject to any contrary provision in regulations made under subsection (2), aftercare assistance may include assistance in kind or in cash.</Text>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers may by regulations specify, either generally or in relation to a category or description of persons falling within section 1(2), (3) or (6), the manner in which aftercare assistance is to be provided.</Text>
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<Text>In this section, “<Term id="term-aftercare-assistance">aftercare assistance</Term>” means assistance provided under section 1(1), (5)(a) or (b) or (8).</Text>
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