Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006 (asp 16)

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General functions S

[F1 4A Proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 S

For the purposes of its general duty, the Commission may—

(a) bring proceedings under section 7(1)(a) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024,

(b) intervene in proceedings in which a person claims that a public authority has acted (or proposes to act) in a way which is made unlawful by section 6(1) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 4A inserted (16.7.2024) by United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 1), ss. 12(2), 47(2)(a)