{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004/section-103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004/section-103.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/8",
  "legislation_title": "Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/103",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Parenting orders",
  "text": "(1) A parenting order is an order requiring the specified person—\n(a) to comply, during a specified period—\n(i) beginning with the making of the order; and\n(ii) not exceeding 12 months,\nwith such requirements as are specified; and\n(b) subject to subsection (2), to attend, during a specified period—\n(i) falling within the specified period mentioned in paragraph (a); and\n(ii) not exceeding 3 months,\nsuch counselling or guidance sessions as may be directed by a supervising officer appointed by the relevant local authority.\n(2) Where a parenting order has been made in respect of the person on a previous occasion in the interests of the child in whose interests the order is to be made, the order need not include a requirement under subsection (1)(b).\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may by order amend the number of months mentioned in—\n(a) subsection (1)(a)(ii); and\n(b) subsection (1)(b)(ii).\n(4) In subsection (1), “specified” means specified in the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/8/section/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:35.498070+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}