Children and Young People Act 2014 (Scotland)

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 You are here: Acts of the Scottish Parliament2014 asp 8Table of contents Table of ContentsContentExplanatory Notes Help about Explanatory NotesMore Resources Help about More ResourcesPlain ViewPrint Options Help about what version What Version Latest available (Revised) Original (As enacted) Help about opening options Opening OptionsExpand opening options More ResourcesExpand PDF versions Status: This is the original version (as it was originally enacted). Collapse all - Introductory Text Collapse -PART 1 Rights of children 1.Duties of Scottish Ministers in relation to the rights of children 2.Duties of public authorities in relation to the UNCRC 3.Authorities to which section 2 applies 4.Interpretation of Part 1 Collapse -PART 2 Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland 5.Investigations by the Commissioner 6.Requirement to respond to Commissioner’s recommendations Collapse -PART 3 Children’s services planning 7.Introductory 8.Requirement to prepare children’s services plan 9.Aims of children’s services plan 10.Children’s services plan: process 11.Children’s services plan: review 12.Implementation of children’s services plan 13.Reporting on children’s services plan 14.Assistance in relation to children’s services planning 15.Guidance in relation to children’s services planning 16.Directions in relation to children’s services planning 17.Children’s services planning: default powers of Scottish Ministers 18.Interpretation of Part 3 Collapse -PART 4 Provision of named persons 19.Named person service 20.Named person service in relation to pre-school child 21.Named person service in relation to children not falling within section 20 22.Continuation of named person service in relation to certain young people 23.Communication in relation to movement of children and young people 24.Duty to communicate information about role of named persons 25.Duty to help named person 26.Information sharing 27.Disclosure of information 28.Guidance in relation to named person service 29.Directions in relation to named person service 30.Complaints in relation to Part 4 31.Relevant authorities 32.Interpretation of Part 4 Collapse -PART 5 Child’s plan 33.Child’s plan: requirement 34.Content of a child’s plan 35.Preparation of a child’s plan 36.Responsible authority: general 37.Responsible authority: special cases 38.Delivery of a child’s plan 39.Child’s plan: management 40.Assistance in relation to child’s plan 41.Guidance on child’s plans 42.Directions in relation to child’s plans 43.Complaints in relation to Part 5 44.Listed authorities 45.Interpretation of Part 5 Collapse -PART 6 Early learning and childcare 46.Early learning and childcare 47.Duty to secure provision of early learning and childcare 48.Mandatory amount of early learning and childcare 49.Looked after 2 year olds: alternative arrangements to meet wellbeing needs 50.Duty to consult and plan on delivery of early learning and childcare 51.Method of delivery of early learning and childcare 52.Flexibility in way in which early learning and childcare is made available 53.Interpretation of Part 6 Collapse -PART 7 Power to provide school education for pre-school children 54.Duty to consult and plan in relation to power to provide school education for pre-school children Collapse -PART 8 Day care and out of school care 55.Duty to consult and plan in relation to day care and out of school care Collapse -PART 9 Corporate parenting 56.Corporate parents 57.Application of Part: children and young people 58.Corporate parenting responsibilities 59.Planning by corporate parents 60.Collaborative working among corporate parents 61.Reports by corporate parents 62.Duty to provide information to Scottish Ministers 63.Guidance on corporate parenting 64.Directions to corporate parents 65.Reports by Scottish Ministers Collapse -PART 10 Aftercare 66.Provision of aftercare to young people Collapse -PART 11 Continuing care 67.Continuing care: looked after children Collapse -PART 12 Services in relation to children at risk of becoming looked after, etc. 68.Provision of relevant services to parents and others 69.Relevant services: further provision 70.Interpretation of Part 12 Collapse -PART 13 Support for kinship care 71.Assistance in relation to kinship care orders 72.Orders which are kinship care orders 73.Kinship care assistance: further provision 74.Interpretation of Part 13 Collapse -PART 14 Adoption register 75.Scotland’s Adoption Register Collapse -PART 15 School closure proposals, etc. 76.References to the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 77.Restriction on closure proposals 78.Financial implications of closure proposals 79.Correction of proposal paper 80.Special provision for rural school closure proposals 81.Call-in of closure proposals Collapse -PART 16 Children’s hearings 82.Safeguarders: exceptions to duty to prepare report on appointment 83.Maximum period of child protection order 84.Power to determine that deeming of person as relevant person to end 85.Grounds hearing: non-acceptance of facts supporting ground 86.Failure of child to attend grounds hearing: power to make interim order 87.Limit on number of further interim compulsory supervision orders 88.Area support teams: establishment 89.Area support teams: administrative support by local authorities 90.Interpretation of Part 16 Collapse -PART 17 Other reforms Detention of children in secure accommodation 91.Appeal against detention of child in secure accommodation Children’s legal aid 92.Power of Scottish Ministers to modify circumstances in which children’s legal aid to be made available Provision of school meals 93.Provision of free school lunches Licensing of child performances 94.Extension of licensing of child performances to children under 14 Wellbeing under 1995 Act 95.Consideration of wellbeing in exercising certain functions Collapse -PART 18 General 96.Assessment of wellbeing 97.Interpretation 98.Modification of enactments 99.Subordinate legislation 100.Guidance and directions 101.Ancillary provision 102.Commencement 103.Short title Expand +SCHEDULE 1Authorities to which section 2 applies Expand +SCHEDULE 2Relevant authorities Expand +SCHEDULE 3Listed authorities Expand +SCHEDULE 4Corporate parents Expand +SCHEDULE 5Modification of enactments