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(1)In this Part, “named person service” means the service of making available, in relation to a child or young person, an identified individual who is to exercise the functions in subsection (5).
(2)An individual may be identified for the purpose of a named person service only if the individual falls within subsection (3).
(3)An individual falls within this subsection if—
(a)the individual—
(i)is an employee of the service provider, or
(ii)is, or is an employee of, a person who exercises any function on behalf of the service provider, and
(b)the individual meets such requirements as to training, qualifications, experience or position as may be specified by the Scottish Ministers by order.
(4)An individual does not fall within subsection (3) if the individual is a parent of the child or young person.
(5)The functions referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a)subject to subsection (6), doing such of the following where the named person considers it to be appropriate in order to promote, support or safeguard the wellbeing of the child or young person—
(i)advising, informing or supporting the child or young person, or a parent of the child or young person,
(ii)helping the child or young person, or a parent of the child or young person, to access a service or support, or
(iii)discussing, or raising, a matter about the child or young person with a service provider or relevant authority, and
(b)such other functions as are specified by this Act or any other enactment as being functions of a named person in relation to a child or young person.
(6)The function in subsection (5)(a) does not apply in relation to a matter arising at a time when the child or young person is, as a member of any of the reserve forces, subject to service law.
(7)The named person functions are exercised on behalf of the service provider concerned.
(8)Responsibility for the exercise of the named person functions lies with the service provider rather than the named person.
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