Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Act 2026

Part 2United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024: circumstances where incompatible action or failure to act is not unlawful

3United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024: circumstances where incompatible action or failure to act is not unlawful

4Ancillary provision

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Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Act 2026

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The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 17th February 2026 and received Royal Assent on 2nd April 2026

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the involvement of a pupil in a decision to withdraw the pupil from religious observance in schools; and to make provision about circumstances where incompatibility with the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 is not unlawful.