Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

Children (Scotland) Act 1995

4 (1) The 1995 Act is amended as follows.

(2) Section 19 is repealed.

(3) In section 20, for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) In subsection (1) above, “relevant services” means services provided by a local authority under or by virtue of—

(a) this Part of this Act;

(b) the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011;

(c) Part 12 or 13 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014; or

(d) any of the enactments mentioned in section 5(1B)(a) to (n), (r) or (t) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.”.

(4) In section 44—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) No person shall publish any matter in respect of proceedings before a sheriff on an application under section 76(1) of this Act which is intended to, or is likely to, identify—

(a) the child concerned in, or any other child connected (in any way) with, the proceedings; or

(b) any address or school as being that of any such child.”,

(b) in subsection (5)—

(i) omit paragraphs (b) and (c),

(ii) in the full-out, omit “, the Court or the Secretary of State as the case may be”.