Scottish Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 314 (C. 29)
Children And Young Persons
Education
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2014
Made 18th November 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 20th November 2014
Coming into force 5th January 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 102(3) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
2014 asp 8.

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2014 and comes into force on 5th January 2015.
(2) In this Order, “the 2014 Act” means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Appointed day
2. (1) 5th January 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the 2014 Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order (the subject-matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule).
(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to any provision specified in column 1 of the Schedule, that provision comes into force on 5th January 2015 for that purpose only.
ALASDAIR ALLAN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
18th November 2014
SCHEDULE
Column 1 Provisions of the 2014 Act	Column 2 Subject-matter	Colum 3 Purpose
Section 93 (so far as not already commenced)	Provision of free school lunches	
Section 98	Modification of enactments (consequential amendments)	For the purpose of commencing paragraph 2(3), (4) and (5) of Schedule 5 to the 2014 Act
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(3)	Consequential amendments	
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(4) (so far as not already commenced)	Consequential amendments	
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(5) (so far as not already commenced)	Consequential amendments	
Article 2

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force the following provisions of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) on 5th January 2015: sections 93 and 98 (for the purpose of commencing the following paragraph); paragraph 2(3), (4) and (5) of schedule 5 to the 2014 Act.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Bill for the 2014 Act received Royal Assent on 27th March 2014. Section 102(1) brought Part 18 of the 2014 Act into force on the day after Royal Assent (apart from sections 96, 97 and 98). Section 102(2) brought subsections (2) to (5) of section 47 (duty to secure provision of early learning and childcare) into force on the day after Royal Assent. The provisions of the 2014 Act commenced by earlier commencement orders are detailed in the table below.
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.S.I.No.
Section 46	28th June 2014	2014/131
Section 47(1) and (6)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 48	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 49	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 50	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 51	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 52	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 53	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 54	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 55	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 57 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 66 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 67(1) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 68 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 69	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 70	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 71 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 72	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 73 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 74	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 76	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 77	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 78	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 79	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 80	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 81(1)(a), (b) and (c)	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 81(3)(b)	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 81(4) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 81(4) (partially)	6th October 2014	2014/251
Section 81(5) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 81(8)(b) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 91 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 81(9) (partially)	6th October 2014	2014/251
Section 93(6) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 94	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 96 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 97	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 98 (partially)	28th June 2014	2014/131
Section 98 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 1	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraphs 2(1) and (6)	28th June 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(2)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(4)(b) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(5)(b) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 6	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 7	28th June 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 10	1st August 2014	2014/131