Scottish Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 255
Children And Young Persons
The Children’s Services Planning (Specified Date) (Scotland) Order 2016
Made 6th September 2016
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th September 2016
Coming into force 7th October 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(2)(a) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2014 asp 8.

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Children’s Services Planning (Specified Date) (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on 7th October 2016.

Specified date
2. The date specified for the purposes of section 8(2)(a) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (requirement to prepare children’s services plan) is 1st April 2017.
MARK McDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th September 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the date of 1st April 2017 as the date from which the first 3 year period begins for the purposes of local authorities and health boards preparing a children’s services plan in accordance with the requirement placed on them by section 8(1) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
This means that the first children’s services plan which local authorities and health boards must prepare under Part 3 of the 2014 Act should plan the provision of children’s services and related services in their areas during the period from 1st April 2017 to 1st April 2020.