{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-12",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Implementation of children's services plan",
  "text": "(1) During the period to which a children's services plan relates, the persons mentioned in subsection (2) must, so far as reasonably practicable, provide children's services and relevant services in the area of the local authority in accordance with the plan.\n(2) Those persons are—\n(a) the local authority,\n(b) the relevant health board,\n(c) the Scottish Ministers,\n(d) the other service providers.\n(3) The duty in subsection (1) to provide services in accordance with the plan—\n(a) does not apply to the extent that the person providing the service considers that to comply with it would adversely affect the wellbeing of a child,\n(b) does not apply in relation to the Scottish Ministers or the other service providers to the extent of any matter within a notice published by them under section 10(8) in relation to the plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 7.10.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/254, art. 3(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/16",
      "affecting_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/8/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:13.459183+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."
}