PART 5Child's plan

I144Listed authorities

1

The persons listed, or within a description listed, in schedule 3, are “listed authorities” for the purposes of this Part (subject to subsections (3) and (4)).

2

The Scottish Ministers may by order modify schedule 3 by—

a

adding a person or description of persons,

b

removing an entry listed in it, or

c

varying an entry listed in it.

3

The Scottish Ministers are not a listed authority for the purposes of sections 41 and 42.

4

The following persons are not listed authorities for the purposes of section 42—

a

the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland,

b

a body which is a “post-16 education body” for the purposes of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005.

5

An order under subsection (2) which adds a person, or a description of persons, to schedule 3, may modify this section so as to provide that the person is not a listed authority, or the persons within the description are not listed authorities, for the purposes of section 42.