Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

Prospective

25Duty to help named personS

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(1)Subsection (2) applies where it appears to the service provider in relation to a child or young person that another service provider or a relevant authority could, by doing a certain thing, help in the exercise of any of the named person functions for a child or young person.

(2)The other service provider or relevant authority must comply with any request for such help which is made of it, unless subsection (3) applies.

(3)This subsection applies where the other service provider or relevant authority considers that the provision of the help would—

(a)be incompatible with any duty of the other service provider or relevant authority, or

(b)unduly prejudice the exercise of any function of the other service provider or relevant authority.