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.