{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Requirement to prepare children's services plan",
  "text": "(1) A local authority and the relevant health board must in respect of each 3 year period prepare a children's services plan for the area of the local authority.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n“3 year period” means—\n(a)the period of 3 years beginning with such date after the coming into force of this section as the Scottish Ministers specify by order, and\n(b)each subsequent period of 3 years,\n“children's services plan” means a document setting out their plans for the provision over that period of all—\n(a)children's services, and\n(b)related services.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 30.9.2015 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2015/317, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 7.10.2016 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2016/254, art. 3(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 8(2)(a): 1.4.2017 specified for the purposes of s. 8(2)(a) (7.10.2016) by S.S.I. 2016/255, arts. 1, 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/16",
      "affecting_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "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/8",
    "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."
}