Social Security Act (Cap. 318), article 76A

76A. Subject to the provisions of this Act it shall be the right of every child who is certified by a competent authority, either a s a fostered child, or is certified a s being under care in an insti tution, to have an allowance paid out in his respect to the head of hou sehold who is an approved foster carer in accordance with the Foster Care Act or the head of the institution, as the case may be, at the rate s specified in Part VIII of the Fou rteenth Schedule to this Act. When an allowance under this article is due, no allowance under arti cle 76 shall be payable: Cap. 602. Provided that subject to the provisions of this Act, and with effect from 1st January 2023, it shall be the right of every ch ild who is certified by a competent authority as a fostered child, to have an allowance paid in his respect to the head of household who is a n approved foster carer in accordance with the Minor Protection (Alternative Care) Act , even when said child is not a fostered child anymore because he is adopted by that same head of household, a t the rates specified in Part VIII of t he Fourteenth Schedule to this Act. SOCIAL SECURITY [CAP. 318. 83 Disabled Child Allowance. Added by: XIV . 1988. 9. Amended by: XVI. 1989. 14; VIII. 1992.30. Re-numbered by: XXIV . 1993.2. Amended by: XXV . 1994.2,19; XXI. 1996.34; II. 1999.12; II. 2002.67; XXXII. 2007.57; XXIX.2019.71.