The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015
S.S.I. 2015/61 · Made 17 February 2015
Children And Young Persons
Made 17th February 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 19th February 2015
Coming into force 1st April 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 102(3) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Appointed days
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
This Order may be cited as the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.
In this Order “the 2014 Act” means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
2Appointed days
1st April 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2014 Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (the subject-matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule).
Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order in relation to any provision specified in column 1 of that Schedule, that provision comes into force on 1st April 2015 for that purpose only.
15th June 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1 (duties of Scottish Ministers in relation to the rights of children) and 4 (interpretation of Part 1) of the 2014 Act.
Signature
FIONA McLEOD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
17th February 2015
Column 1 Provisions of the 2014 Act | Column 2 Subject matter | Column 3 Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Section 56 | Corporate parents | |
| Section 57 (so far as not already in force) | Application of Part: children and young people | |
| Section 58 | Corporate parenting responsibilities | |
| Section 59 | Planning by corporate parents | |
| Section 60 | Collaborative working among corporate parents | |
| Section 61 | Reports by corporate parents | |
| Section 62 | Duty to provide information to Scottish Ministers | |
| Section 63 | Guidance on corporate parenting | |
| Section 64 | Directions to corporate parents | |
| Section 65 | Reports by Scottish Ministers | |
| Section 66 (so far as not already in force) | Provision of aftercare to young people | |
| Section 67(1) (so far as not already in force) | Continuing care: looked after children | |
| Section 67(2) | Continuing care: looked after children | |
| Section 96 | Assessment of wellbeing | For the purposes of sections 58(1)(a) and (d) and 60(1) of the 2014 Act |
| Section 98 | Modification of enactments (consequential amendments) | For the purpose of commencing paragraph 8 of schedule 5 to the 2014 Act |
| Schedule 4 | Corporate parents | |
| Schedule 5, paragraph 8 | Consequential amendments |
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force Parts 9 (corporate parenting), 10 (aftercare) and 11 (continuing care) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) on 1st April 2015 (article 2 and the Schedule). This covers sections 56 to 67 of the 2014 Act and schedule 4 to that Act (which relates to corporate parenting). Sections 57, 66 and 67(1) of the 2014 Act, which were commenced partially on 1st August 2014 for the limited purposes of enabling Scottish Ministers to make secondary legislation, are commenced by this Order on 1st April 2015 in so far as they are not already in force. Sections 96 (assessment of wellbeing) and 98 (modification of enactments) of the 2014 Act are commenced partially for limited purposes on 1st April 2015 (section 98 only for the purpose of commencing paragraph 8 of schedule 5 to the 2014 Act).
This Order also brings into force sections 1 and 4 of the 2014 Act on 15th June 2015 (article 2(3)). Section 1 places duties on Scottish Ministers in relation to the rights of children and section 4 is a related interpretation provision.