{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-97.json",
  "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/97",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980,\n“the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,\n“child” means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years,\n“health board” means a board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.\n(2) References in this Act to a child being or becoming “looked after” are to be construed in accordance with sections 17(6) and 17A(2) of the 1995 Act.\n(3) The following expressions have the same meaning in this Act as they have in the 1980 Act—\neducation authority\ngrant-aided school\nindependent school\nmanagers\nnursery class\nprimary school\nproprietor\npublic school\npupil\nschool age.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 97(2) substituted (28.8.2024) by Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5), ss. 24(4), 38(3); S.S.I. 2024/211, reg. 2(h) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 97 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/97",
    "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."
}