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

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<Title>Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Act 2026</Title>
<Number>2026 asp 9</Number>
<LongTitle>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.</LongTitle>
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<DateText>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</DateText>
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