{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continuing-care-scotland-order-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continuing-care-scotland-order-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/158",
  "legislation_title": "The Continuing Care (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continuing-care-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Children And Young Persons\nMade 31st March 2015\nComing into force 1st April 2015\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26A(2)(b), (6) and (9)(a) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 26A(12) of that Act they have consulted with each local authority and such other persons as they consider appropriate.\nIn accordance with section 26A(11)(b) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.36. Section 26A was inserted by section 67(1) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8). Section 67(1) was partially brought into force on 1st August 2014 by S.S.I. 2014/131 so far as is necessary to enable Scottish Ministers to make orders under section 26A(2)(b), (6), (9) and (11)(a) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/158/introduction",
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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."
}