Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8)

[F1 Part 16A S Secure transportation

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 16A inserted (1.9.2025) by Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5), ss. 25(2), 38(3); S.S.I. 2025/115, reg. 2(2)(a)

90B Secure transportation: duty of providers to meet standards S

(1) The provider of a secure transportation service must meet the applicable standards.

(2) The persons mentioned in subsection (3) must, when making arrangements with another person for the provision of a secure transportation service, ensure that the service meets the applicable standards.

(3) The persons are—

(a) a local authority,

(b) the Scottish Ministers.

(4) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify subsection (3) by—

(a) adding a person or description of persons,

(b) removing a person or description of persons for the time being listed in it,

(c) varying a description of a person for the time being listed in it.

(5) In this section and in section 90C—

• “applicable standards” means the standards, or (as the case may be) any revised standards, published under section 90A(1) which apply to the secure transportation service being provided,

• “secure transportation service” has the meaning given by section 90A(1).]