Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8)

SCHEDULE MODIFICATIONS OF THE EDUCATION (ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LEARNING) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2004

4 In section 6 (children and young persons for whom education authority is responsible)—

(a) after subsection (3)(a) insert—

“(aa) in the case of a child who has attained the age of 12 years and who the authority is satisfied has capacity to make the request, the child,”, and

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) the words “the person who made the request of that fact” become paragraph (a) of that subsection, and

(ii) after that paragraph insert “, and

(b) where that person is a child falling within subsection (3)(aa), the child’s parent of that fact.”.