Prospective

Part 1 S Children’s care system

Chapter 3 S Provision of children’s care services

Register of foster carers S

31 Register of foster carers: further provision S

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision in relation to—

(a) the arrangements to be made under section 30(1),

(b) the register of foster carers.

(2) Provision made under subsection (1) may, in particular, include provision—

(a) as to circumstances in which information in relation to a person who has been approved (or not approved) as a foster carer by a fostering service is not to be included in the register (and in relation to which section 30(4) accordingly does not apply),

(b) as to when and how information mentioned in section 30(2) and (3) is be provided by a fostering service to the relevant person,

(c) as to when information in relation to a person is to be removed from the register,

(d) as to the form in which information included in the register is to be kept,

(e) creating offences in relation to—

(i) failures by fostering services to provide information as required by section 30(4),

(ii) the provision of late or incorrect information,

(f) modifying Part 5 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 so as to—

(i) provide for offences created by virtue of paragraph (e) to be relevant offences, or

(ii) otherwise make provision as to how the matters mentioned in paragraph (e)(i) and (ii) are to be treated,

for the purposes of that Part,

(g) as to the payment of fees in connection with—

(i) the inclusion of information in the register,

(ii) the disclosure of information from the register,

(iii) other matters relating to the register.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 31 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 70(2)