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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/support-and-assistance-of-young-people-leaving-care-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/62",
  "legislation_title": "The Support and Assistance of Young People Leaving Care (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/support-and-assistance-of-young-people-leaving-care-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Support and Assistance of Young People Leaving Care (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”) in consequence of amendments made to section 29 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) by section 66 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”).\nSection 29 of the 1995 Act makes provision as to the duties and powers of local authorities to provide aftercare assistance to young people who were formerly looked after by them in terms of section 17(6) of the 1995 Act. The 2003 Regulations supplement section 29 of the 1995 Act and make provision as to how young persons are to be assessed for the purposes of section 29(5), the manner in which aftercare assistance may be provided and the procedures which local authorities must establish to consider representations (including complaints) by young people.\nSection 66 of the 2014 Act amends section 29 of the 1995 Act to change the powers and duties of local authorities in relation to aftercare and so, in consequence, it is necessary to amend the 2003 Regulations to take into account the amended section 29.\nArticle 2 of this Order makes a number of consequential amendments to some of the key definitions in regulation 2(1) of the 2003 Regulations (e.g. “compulsorily supported person” and “discretionarily supported person”) and also to regulations 7 to 9 and 11 (which deal with various aspects of pathway plans) and 16 (appeals) of the 2003 Regulations to take into account the amendments made to section 29 of the 1995 Act by section 66 of the 2014 Act.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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