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The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013

S.S.I. 2013/14 · Made 24 January 2013

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Children And Young Persons

Made 24th January 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 28th January 2013

Coming into force 15th March 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(1) and (7) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c.36; section 103(2) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. Section 17 is amended by the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), section 120(1), schedule 2, paragraph 9. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 and come into force on 15th March 2013.

2Amendment of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009

At the end of regulation 6(1)(a) of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009f1 (death of a looked after child) omit “and” and insert—

“(aa)

notify Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotlandf2; and”.

Signature

AILEEN CAMPBELL

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th January 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 6(1) of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 which make provision in relation to the death of looked after children with the effect that Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland must also be notified immediately by a local authority when a child who is looked after by that local authority dies.