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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-18",
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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/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 3",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“children's services plan” has the meaning given by section 8(2),\n“service” means any service or support—\n(a)which must be provided by the person concerned, or\n(b)which the person concerned has power to provide.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 7.10.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/254, art. 3(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/16",
      "affecting_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/8/section/18",
    "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."
}