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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-50",
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  "legislation_title": "Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014",
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  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Duty to consult and plan on delivery of early learning and childcare",
  "text": "(1) An education authority must, at least once every 2 years—\n(a) consult such persons as appear to it to be representative of parents of children under school age in its area about how it should make early learning and childcare available in pursuance of this Part, and\n(b) after having had regard to views expressed, prepare and publish a plan for how it intends to make early learning and childcare available in pursuance of this Part.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may, by order, modify subsection (1) so as to vary the regularity within which an education authority must consult and plan in pursuance of that subsection.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "S. 50 in force at 1.8.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/131, art. 2(2)(3), Sch."
    }
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      "affecting": "asp/2025/10",
      "affecting_title": "Scottish Languages Act 2025"
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      "affecting_title": "Scottish Languages Act 2025"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:13.459183+00:00"
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  "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."
}