Children's Handbook Scotland 2020/21Chapter 7: Children living with kinship carers2. Financial help from the local authority Section 50 payments
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Section 50 payments
Section 50 of the Children Act 1975 allows the local authority to make payments towards the maintenance of a child who is under the age of 18 and living with a person other than her/his parent. Section 50 payments cannot be made to foster carers. Section 50 allows a local authority to make payments to kinship carers, but does not oblige it to do so. Section 50 payments can be made to kinship carers of looked-after children and non-looked-after children, and are for maintenance.