The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015
This Order brings into force Parts 9 (corporate parenting), 10 (aftercare) and 11 (continuing care) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) on 1st April 2015 (article 2 and the Schedule). This covers sections 56 to 67 of the 2014 Act and schedule 4 to that Act (which relates to corporate parenting). Sections 57, 66 and 67(1) of the 2014 Act, which were commenced partially on 1st August 2014 for the limited purposes of enabling Scottish Ministers to make secondary legislation, are commenced by this Order on 1st April 2015 in so far as they are not already in force. Sections 96 (assessment of wellbeing) and 98 (modification of enactments) of the 2014 Act are commenced partially for limited purposes on 1st April 2015 (section 98 only for the purpose of commencing paragraph 8 of schedule 5 to the 2014 Act).