Prospective

Part 1 S Children’s care system

Chapter 2 S Support etc. for persons in or with experience of children’s care system: modification of enactments

Continuing care S

23 Power to continue provision of continuing care up to person’s 26th birthday S

(1) The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 26A (provision of continuing care: looked after children), after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) A local authority may (but is not required to) continue to provide continuing care to a person who ceases to be an eligible person until they attain the age of 26, if it is satisfied that doing so will promote or safeguard the person’s welfare.”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 23 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 70(2)