# Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026, Section 62: Children’s services plans: process and review

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 10 (children’s services plan: process), after subsection (8) insert—
“(9) Where the Scottish Ministers or any of the other service providers have published a notice and statement under subsection (8), they must send a copy of the notice and statement to the lead children’s services planning bodies in relation to the area.
(10) Where the lead children’s services planning bodies receive a notice and statement under subsection (9), they must prepare and publish (in such manner as they consider appropriate) a response to the notice and statement.”.
(3) In section 11 (children’s services plan: review), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) Where a response is published under section 10(10) the lead children’s services planning bodies may in consequence prepare a revised children's services plan.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/16/section/62 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-care-care-experience-and-services-planning-scotland-act-2026/section-62
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