http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/16/contentsChildren (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026en2026-05-21Statute Law Database2026-05-16 Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 Part 1Children’s care systemChapter 1Support etc. for persons in or with experience of children’s care systemAftercare1Aftercare2Assessment of needs3Types of assistance4Other duties5Financial assistance towards expenses of education or training etc.6Co-operation between authorities7Consequential modifications of enactmentsAdvocacy services for care-experienced persons8Advocacy services for care-experienced persons9Independence of care experience advocacy servicesDuties in relation to care experience10Duties of public authorities etc. in relation to care experience11Regulations under section 10: further provisionReview of permanence12Review of permanenceInterpretation13InterpretationChapter 2Support etc. for persons in or with experience of children’s care system: modification of enactmentsFamily group decision-making14Right to request family group decision-making services15Promotion of family group decision-making services16Guidance on family group decision-making servicesKinship care assistance17Kinship care needs assessment18Guidance in relation to kinship care assistance functions19Kinship care assistance: power to require information-sharing by local authorityProvision of accommodation20Duty to provide accommodation for children in need21Provision of accommodation for care-experienced personsContinuing care22Continuing care: persons eligible and accommodation to be provided23Power to continue provision of continuing care up to person’s 26th birthday24Return to continuing careCorporate parenting25Corporate parenting: application to persons looked after before age 16 and planning26Guidance on corporate parentingChapter 3Provision of children’s care servicesRequirements on certain care providers27Children’s residential care services: profit limitation28Fostering services to be charities29Services taking cross-border placementsRegister of foster carers30Register of foster carers31Register of foster carers: further provision32Disclosure of information33Establishment and maintenance of register by person other than Scottish Ministers34Pilot scheme35Register of foster carers: interpretationAllowances and other payments36Allowances and other payments37Uprating of allowancesGuidance on use of restraint and seclusion in relevant care services38Guidance on use of restraint and seclusion in relevant care servicesReport on deaths of care-experienced persons39Report on deaths of care-experienced personsChapter 4Support for adoption40Peer support servicesChapter 5Children’s hearingsComposition etc. of Children’s Panel, children’s hearings and pre-hearing panels41Single member children’s hearings and pre-hearing panels42Remuneration of Children’s Panel membersChild’s attendance at children’s hearings and hearings before sheriff43Child’s attendance at children’s hearings and hearings before sheriffGrounds hearings44Role of Principal Reporter and grounds hearingRelevant persons45Powers to exclude persons from children’s hearing46Relevant person’s right to require review of compulsory supervision order47Removal of relevant person statusTimescales48Timescale for determination of application to sheriff49Reports on timescales in children’s hearing systemOther changes50Tests for referral to Principal Reporter and making of compulsory supervision order or interim compulsory supervision order51Information about referral, availability of children’s advocacy services etc.52Children’s advocacy services: non-instructed advocacy53Children’s advocacy services: notification of hearings54Period for which interim compulsory supervision order or interim variation of compulsory supervision order has effect55Making of further interim compulsory supervision orders56Principal Reporter’s power to initiate review of compulsory supervision order57Family group decision-making: information to be provided to Principal ReporterChildren’s legal aid58Children’s legal aidChapter 6Place of safety for children who have been arrested59Power to require that arrested children be taken to a place other than a police station, etc. Part 2Children’s services planning60Lead children’s services planning bodies61Aims of children’s services planning62Children’s services plans: process and review63Reporting on children’s services plans Part 3Reports and reviews64Report on family group decision-making services65Review of the Act66Report on fulfilment of the Promise Part 4Final provisions67Ancillary provision68Regulation-making powers69Meaning of “child”70Commencement71Short title 2026 asp 16 An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for and about the provision of services and support for or in relation to children and other persons with care experience; to make provision for a register of foster carers; to make provision about children’s hearings; to make provision in relation to the planning of children’s services; and for connected purposes. The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 19th March 2026 and received Royal Assent on 15th May 2026