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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-48",
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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/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Mandatory amount of early learning and childcare",
  "text": "(1) The “mandatory amount”, for the purposes of section 47(1), means—\n(a) 1140 hours in each year for which a child is an eligible pre-school child, and\n(b) a pro rata amount for each part of a year for which a child is an eligible pre-school child.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may by order modify subsection (1) so as to vary the amount of early learning and childcare which is to be made available in pursuance of section 47(1).\n(3) Such an order may, without prejudice to section 99(1)(a), make different provision in relation to different types of eligible pre-school children.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(1)(a) substituted (1.8.2021) by The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Modification) Order 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/127), arts. 1, 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 48 in force at 1.8.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/131, art. 2(2)(3), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/8/section/48",
    "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."
}