United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 1)

Part 4 S Legislation and the UNCRC requirements

27 Power to intervene in proceedings where strike down declarator or incompatibility declarator is being considered S

(1) Where a court is considering whether to make a strike down declarator or an incompatibility declarator, intimation of that is to be given to the Lord Advocate, the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights (unless the person to whom the intimation would be given is a party to the proceedings).

(2) A person to whom intimation is given under subsection (1) may, on giving notice, take part as a party to the proceedings so far as the proceedings relate to the making of a strike down declarator or an incompatibility declarator.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 27 in force at 16.7.2024, see s. 47(2)(a)