Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.

(2) In this Order "the 2014 Act" means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Appointed days

2.-(1) 1st April 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2014 Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (the subject-matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule).

(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order in relation to any provision specified in column 1 of that Schedule, that provision comes into force on 1st April 2015 for that purpose only.

(3) 15th June 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1 (duties of Scottish Ministers in relation to the rights of children) and 4 (interpretation of Part 1) of the 2014 Act.

Article 2(1) and (2)

SCHEDULE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

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).

This Order also brings into force sections 1 and 4 of the 2014 Act on 15th June 2015 (article 2(3)). Section 1 places duties on Scottish Ministers in relation to the rights of children and section 4 is a related interpretation provision.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Bill for the 2014 Act received Royal Assent on 27th March 2014. Section 102(1) brought Part 18 of the 2014 Act into force on the day after Royal Assent (apart from sections 96, 97 and 98). Section 102(2) brought subsections (2) to (5) of section 47 (duty to secure provision of early learning and childcare) into force on the day after Royal Assent. The provisions of the 2014 Act commenced by earlier commencement orders are detailed below.