Prospective
(1)Before the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the day of Royal Assent, the Scottish Ministers must—
(a)prepare a report summarising the information provided to them by local authorities under subsection (4),
(b)make the report publicly available,
(c)lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament.
(2)It is otherwise for the Scottish Ministers to determine the form and content of the report and, in particular, the report may be part of another document.
(3)In preparing the report, the Scottish Ministers must consult—
(a)each local authority,
(b)other providers of family group decision-making services,
(c)the Principal Reporter,
(d)the National Convener of Children’s Hearings Scotland, and
(e)such other persons as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
(4)Before the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day of Royal Assent, each local authority must provide the Scottish Ministers with information about the operation of family group decision-making services in its area, including—
(a)the arrangements the local authority has in place for making family group decision-making services available,
(b)the ways in which family group decision-making services are promoted by the local authority,
(c)in the period of 18 months beginning with the day of Royal Assent—
(i)the number of children in respect of whom the use of a family group decision-making service was considered by the authority,
(ii)the number of children in respect of whom a decision was made by the authority to use a family group decision-making service,
(iii)the number of children in respect of whom a family group decision-making service was provided by the authority,
(d)the steps taken to ensure, where appropriate, the participation of the child in family group decision-making services.
(5)The information required under subsection (4) may be provided to the Scottish Ministers as part of a wider report.
(6)In this section, “family group decision-making service” has the same meaning as in Part 12 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
Commencement Information
I1S. 64 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 70(2)