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

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    Overview of the Act

    Part 1 and the Schedule: the Uncrc Requirements

    Section 5: Duty to modify section 4 on ratification of the third optional protocol to the Convention

    20.Section 5 requires the Scottish Ministers to modify section 4 by regulations in the event that the United Kingdom ratifies the third optional protocol to the Convention. This might be used for example to add reference to any parts of the third optional protocol or the protocol’s preamble to the material that can be used for interpretative purposes.

    21.The third optional protocol is defined for the purposes of section 5 in section 4.

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