Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

60 Collaborative working among corporate parents

(1) Corporate parents must, in so far as reasonably practicable, collaborate with each other when exercising their corporate parenting responsibilities or any other functions under this Part where they consider that doing so would safeguard or promote the wellbeing of children or young people to whom this Part applies.

(2) Such collaboration may include—

(a) sharing information,

(b) providing advice or assistance,

(c) co-ordinating activities (and seeking to prevent unnecessary duplication),

(d) sharing responsibility for action,

(e) funding activities jointly,

(f) exercising functions under this Part jointly (for example, by publishing a joint plan or joint report).