Scottish Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 61 (C. 12)
Children And Young Persons
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2015
Made 17th February 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 19th February 2015
Coming into force 1st April 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. 7) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.
(2) In this Order “the 2014 Act” means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Appointed days
2. (1) 1st April 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 to this Order in relation to any provision specified in column 1 of that Schedule, that provision comes into force on 1st April 2015 for that purpose only.
(3) 15th June 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1 (duties of Scottish Ministers in relation to the rights of children) and 4 (interpretation of Part 1) of the 2014 Act.
FIONA McLEOD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
17th February 2015
SCHEDULE
Column 1 Provisions of the 2014 Act	Column 2 Subject matter	Column 3 Purpose
Section 56	Corporate parents	
Section 57 (so far as not already in force)	Application of Part: children and young people	
Section 58	Corporate parenting responsibilities	
Section 59	Planning by corporate parents	
Section 60	Collaborative working among corporate parents	
Section 61	Reports by corporate parents	
Section 62	Duty to provide information to Scottish Ministers	
Section 63	Guidance on corporate parenting	
Section 64	Directions to corporate parents	
Section 65	Reports by Scottish Ministers	
Section 66 (so far as not already in force)	Provision of aftercare to young people	
Section 67(1) (so far as not already in force)	Continuing care: looked after children	
Section 67(2)	Continuing care: looked after children	
Section 96	Assessment of wellbeing	For the purposes of sections 58(1)(a) and (d) and 60(1) of the 2014 Act
Section 98	Modification of enactments (consequential amendments)	For the purpose of commencing paragraph 8 of schedule 5 to the 2014 Act
Schedule 4	Corporate parents	
Schedule 5, paragraph 8	Consequential amendments	
Article 2(1) and (2)

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force Parts 9 (corporate parenting), 10 (aftercare) and 11 (continuing care) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) on 1st April 2015 (article 2 and the Schedule). This covers sections 56 to 67 of the 2014 Act and schedule 4 to that Act (which relates to corporate parenting). Sections 57, 66 and 67(1) of the 2014 Act, which were commenced partially on 1st August 2014 for the limited purposes of enabling Scottish Ministers to make secondary legislation, are commenced by this Order on 1st April 2015 in so far as they are not already in force. Sections 96 (assessment of wellbeing) and 98 (modification of enactments) of the 2014 Act are commenced partially for limited purposes on 1st April 2015 (section 98 only for the purpose of commencing paragraph 8 of schedule 5 to the 2014 Act).
This Order also brings into force sections 1 and 4 of the 2014 Act on 15th June 2015 (article 2(3)). Section 1 places duties on Scottish Ministers in relation to the rights of children and section 4 is a related interpretation provision.

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 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) and (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(4) (partially)	9th January 2015	2014/353
Section 81(4) (partially)	9th January 2015	2014/365
Section 81(5) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 81(5) (so far as not already commenced)	9th January 2015	2014/353
Section 81(7)	9th January 2015	2014/353
Section 81(8)(b) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/165
Section 81(9) (partially)	6th October 2014	2014/251
Section 81(9) (so far as not already commenced)	9th January 2015	2014/365
Section 81 (10)	9th January 2015	2014/353
Section 81 (11)(a)	9th January 2015	2014/353
Section 81 (12)	9th January 2015	2014/353
Section 82	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 83	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 84	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 85	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 86	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 87	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 88	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 89	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 90	26th January 2015	2014/353
Section 91 (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 93(6) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Section 93 (so far as not already commenced)	5th January 2015	2014/314
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
Section 98 (partially)	5th January 2015	2014/314
Section 98 (partially)	26th January 2015	2014/353
Schedule 5, paragraph 1	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(1) and (6)	28th June 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(2)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(3)	5th January 2015	2014/314
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(4)(b) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(4) (so far as not already commenced)	5th January 2015	2014/314
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(5)(b) (partially)	1st August 2014	2014/131
Schedule 5, paragraph 2(5) (so far as not already commenced)	5th January 2015	2014/314
Schedule 5, paragraph 3(1) and (2)	26th January 2015	2014/353
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
Schedule 5, paragraph 12(1) to (9)	26th January 2015	2014/353