Awareness and assistance

17Local authority duty to promote awareness and provide assistance

1

Each local authority must—

a

promote awareness among relevant young people of the arrangements for registration as local government electors that apply to the young people, and

b

take such action as the authority considers necessary to help such young people register as local government electors.

2

In subsection (1), “relevant young people”, in relation to a local authority, means—

a

children who are looked after by the authority, within the meaning of section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (duty of local authorities in relation to looked after children),

b

persons to whom the authority is providing continuing care under section 26A of that Act (provision of continuing care: looked after children), and

c

persons to whom the authority is providing advice, guidance or assistance under section 29(1) or (5A) of that Act (after-care).