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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-16",
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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/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Directions in relation to children's services planning",
  "text": "(1) A person or the persons mentioned in subsection (2) must comply with any direction issued by the Scottish Ministers about the exercise of functions conferred by this Part (other than the function of complying with section 12).\n(2) Those persons are—\n(a) a local authority and the relevant health board,\n(b) each of the other service providers.\n(3) Before issuing, revising or revoking a direction, the Scottish Ministers must consult—\n(a) any person to which it relates, and\n(b) such other persons as they consider appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 7.10.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/254, art. 3(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "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/16",
    "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."
}