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Children And Young Persons Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Relevant Services in relation to Children at Risk of Becoming Looked After etc.) Order 2016 and comes into force on 31st August 2016. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. Relevant services 2 1 The following descriptions of relevant services are specified for the purpose of section 68(1) of the Act:— a family group decision-making services; and b support services in relation to parenting. 2 For the purpose of paragraph (1)— a a “family group decision-making service” means a service which is designed to facilitate decision-making by a child’s family in relation to the services and support required for the child; and b a “support service in relation to parenting” means a service which is designed to increase parenting skills. Relevant services: further provision 3 1 Relevant services are to be provided in accordance with this article. 2 For the purpose of considering whether a child is within section 68(3)(a) of the Act, a local authority must consider whether the child’s wellbeing is being, or is at risk of being, adversely affected by any matter, such that the child is at risk of becoming looked after. 3 A local authority must only provide relevant services as specified in article 2 where the local authority considers that the likely benefit to the eligible child’s wellbeing in doing so outweighs any likely adverse effect on that wellbeing arising from doing so. 4 In considering the likely effect on an eligible child’s wellbeing as mentioned in paragraph (3) a local authority must, so far as reasonably practicable, ascertain and have regard to the views of— a the child; and b such other persons as the local authority considers appropriate. Publication of information about the provision of relevant services 4 Each local authority must publish, in such manner as it considers appropriate, information about— a the provision of relevant services (as specified in article 2) in its area; b the ways in which persons can contact the local authority about the provision of those relevant services; and c such other matters, relating to the provision of those relevant services, as the local authority considers appropriate. AILEEN CAMPBELL Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th January 2016
Flood Risk Management Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011. Appointed day 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), 1st April 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column (1) of the table in the Schedule (the subject matter of which is specified in column (2) of that table). 2 Where a purpose is specified in column (3) of that table in relation to any provision specified in column (1), that provision comes into force on 1st April 2016 only for that purpose. Transitional provision 3 1 Until section 12 of the Act (controlled reservoirs not required to be registered under the 1975 Act) has effect for all purposes, references to “10,000 cubic metres” in sections 1(2) and (3)(b), 32(3) and (5), 35(2)(b) and 39(3)(b) of the Act are, for the purposes of the following enactments, to be treated as references to “25,000 cubic metres”— a Part 1 of the Act; and b any provision made by regulations or by order under that Part of the Act. 2 Paragraph (1) does not apply in so far as it might otherwise modify— a section 12 of the Act; or b any power conferred by the Act to give directions or to make regulations or orders. AILEEN MCLEOD Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 26th January 2016
Environmental Protection Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 12th May 2016. Amendment of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 2 For regulation 32(1)(b) of the Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 substitute— b Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations , as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/99/ EU . . AILEEN McLEOD Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st January 2016
Local Government Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016. Appointed day 2 1st April 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedule 14 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, so far as it provides for the repeal of— a paragraphs 1 to 4, 6 to 21, 26, 29 and 30 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 and in that respect is not already in force ; b section 27 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 , and paragraph 36 of Schedule 3 to that Act; and c paragraph 44(a), (b) and (d) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 . JOHN SWINNEY A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 20th January 2016
Public Service Pensions Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2014 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Procurement Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016 and comes into force on 18th April 2016. Interpretation 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. Appointed days 3 The day appointed for the coming into force of all sections of, and the schedule to, the Act in so far as not already in force, other than sections 8(2) and (3), 9, 24 and 25, is 18th April 2016. 4 The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 8(2) and (3), 9, 24 and 25 of the Act is 1st June 2016. Transitional provisions 5 1 Despite the coming into force of section 15 of the Act, a contracting authority is not required to prepare a procurement strategy relating to any period before 31st December 2016. 2 The first procurement strategy prepared by a contracting authority must cover the remainder of the financial year of the contracting authority in which 31st December 2016 occurs and the first financial year starting after 31st December 2016. 3 The Act does not apply to any regulated procurement where the procedure was commenced before 18th April 2016. 4 For the purpose of paragraph (3), a procedure is commenced before 18th April 2016, if before that date a contracting authority has— a published any form of advertisement seeking offers in relation to the contract; or b contacted any economic operator in order to— i seek offers in relation to the contract; or ii respond to an unsolicited offer received from that economic operator in relation to the contract. KEITH BROWN A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 19th January 2016
Land Reform Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2016 and comes into force on 15th April 2016. 2 In this Order, “the 2003 Act ” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 . Modifications of the 2003 Act 2 1 The 2003 Act is amended as follows. 2 In section 51 (exercise of right to buy: approval of community and consent of the Scottish Ministers) — a in subsection (2)(a) , the words “, as defined for the purposes of section 34(1)(a) above,” are repealed; and b after subsection (7), insert— 8 In this section, references to the community are, as respects a community body, references to— a the community defined in relation to that body under section 34(1)(a), (1A)(a) or (1B)(a); or b where that body is a body mentioned in section 34(A1)(b), the community to which that body relates. . 3 In section 61 (appeals) — a in subsection (3) , the words from “as” to “body” (where it first occurs) are repealed; and b after subsection (7), insert— 8 In this section, references to the community are, as respects a community body, references to— a the community defined in relation to that body under section 34(1)(a), (1A)(a) or (1B)(a); or b where that body is a body mentioned in section 34(A1)(b), the community to which that body relates. 9 In subsection (3), the references to the community body are to the community body— a in relation to which the community is defined as mentioned in subsection (8)(a); or b that relates to the community as mentioned in subsection (8)(b). . Savings 3 1 Nothing in article 2 has any effect in relation to— a the giving of approval of a community under section 51 of the 2003 Act to buy land under Part 2 of that Act where the application to register a community interest in the land was made by the community body relating to the community before 15th April 2016; or b the right of a member of a community to appeal under section 61(3) of the 2003 Act where the application to register a community interest in land to which the appeal relates was made by the community body relating to the community before 15th April 2016. 2 In paragraph (1), references to an application to register a community interest in land are to an application under section 37(1) (registration of interest in land) of the 2003 Act. AILEEN McLEOD Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 13th January 2016
Protection Of Vulnerable Adults Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Prescribed Purposes for Consideration of Suitability) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st April 2016. 2 In these Regulations— “the 1978 Act ” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ; “the 2007 Act ” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007; and “independent health care service” has the same meaning as in section 10F of the 1978 Act . Prescribed purpose 2 The provision of an independent health care service (for the purposes of Part I of the 1978 Act) is prescribed for the purposes of section 73(g) of the 2007 Act . SHONA ROBISON A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 14th January 2016
Public Health Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum fees 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees for new certificates 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
National Assistance Services Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 3 to the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nature Conservation Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (Authorised Operations) Order 2016 and comes into force on 3rd March 2016. Authorised operations 2 1 The types of operation described in paragraph (2) are types of operation described for the purposes of sections 14(1)(f) (operations by public bodies etc. : authorised operations) and 17(1)(f) (operations by owners or occupiers of sites of special scientific interest: authorised operations) of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004. 2 The types of operation are— a an operation of a type described in the Schedule if it is to be carried out pursuant to an undertaking given to the Scottish Ministers under— i regulation 9 (undertakings) of the Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 ; ii regulation 10 (undertakings) of the Rural Development Contracts (Land Managers Options) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 ; or iii regulation 5(1) (undertakings and transfer of holdings) of the Rural Development (Scotland) Regulations 2015 ; b muirburn if it is to be carried out in accordance with a licence granted under section 23C of the Hill Farming Act 1946 ; and c an operation for the control or eradication of an invasive animal or invasive plant if it is to be carried out in accordance with a species control order made under section 14D of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 . Revocation 3 The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (Authorised Operations) Order 2011 is revoked. AILEEN McLEOD Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 21st January 2016
Public Health Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016. 2 In this Order, “ the Act ” means the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. Appointed days 2 1 Subject to paragraph (3), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table) is 1st April 2016. 2 Subject to paragraph (3), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table) is 1st April 2017. 3 Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of either table, a provision mentioned in column 1 comes into force in accordance with paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), as applicable, only for that purpose. SHONA ROBISON A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 14th January 2016
Children And Young Persons Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Amendment of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Amendment of section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 2 In section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (court orders relating to parental responsibilities, parental rights etc. ) — a in subsection (3)(ab), the words “(other than a contact order)” are repealed; and b in subsection (6), for “subsection (4)” substitute “subsections (3)(aa) and (4)”. AILEEN CAMPBELL Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 14th January 2016
Public Bodies Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Community Justice Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Treatment of Community Justice Scotland as Specified Authority 2 Community Justice Scotland is to be treated, for the purposes of or in connection with any appointment to that body, as if it were a specified authority within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Commissioner’s functions). PAUL WHEELHOUSE Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 13th January 2016
Fireworks Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fireworks (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st March 2016. Amendment of the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004 2 In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004 — a for the definition of “adult firework”, substitute— “adult firework” means a— category F2 firework (within the meaning set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 ); category F3 firework (within the meaning set out in paragraph 3 of that Schedule); or category F4 firework (within the meaning set out in paragraph 4 of that Schedule); ; b omit the following definitions— i “amorce”; ii “ BS 7114”; iii “cap”; iv “category 3 firework”; v “category 4 firework”; vi “cracker snap”; vii “novelty match”; viii “party popper”; ix “pyrotechnic composition”; x “serpent”; xi “sparkler”; and xii “throwdown”; and c omit the word “and” immediately after the definition of “the enforcement duty”. JOHN SWINNEY A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 12th January 2016
Children And Young Persons Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training, qualifications, experience and position of named persons 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Environmental Protection Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016. Appointed day 2 1st April 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 32 (deemed contracts) of the Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (in so far as that section is not already in force). KEITH BROWN A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 12th January 2016
Public Health Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Prescribed Health Board Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proceeds Of Crime Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st March 2016. Appointed day 2 1st March 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (“the Act”)— a section 16 (orders for securing compliance with confiscation order); b section 17 (compliance orders: appeals by prosecutor); c section 18 (accused persons unlawfully at large); d section 19 (enforcement of confiscation orders); e section 20 (conditions for exercise of restraint order powers); f section 21 (continuation of restraint order after conviction quashed or verdict set aside); g section 22 (conditions for exercise of search and seizure powers); h section 38(3) (confiscation investigations); i section 85(1) (minor and consequential amendments), so far as it relates to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (j) of this regulation; and j paragraphs 16, 35, 42, 43 and 45 of Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments). Saving provision 3 1 Despite regulation 2(d), (i) and (j), the amendments mentioned in paragraph (2) have no effect in relation to a default of payment of a sum payable under a relevant confiscation order. 2 The amendments are those made by the following provisions of the Act— a section 19; and b paragraphs 42 and 45 of Schedule 4. 3 For the purpose of this regulation— a a “relevant confiscation order” is an order made under section 92 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 where the offence, or any one of the offences, mentioned in subsection (2) of that section was committed before 1st March 2016; and b where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of two or more days, or at some time during a period of two or more days, it is committed on the earliest of those days. MICHAEL MATHESON A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 12th January 2016
Court Of Session Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016. Appointed day 2 1 Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 specified in column 1 of the table in the Schedule to this Order (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table) is 1st April 2016. 2 Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the table in the Schedule, a provision specified in column 1 of that table comes into force only for that purpose. Justice of the peace courts: summary criminal jurisdiction and powers where proceedings heard by a stipendiary magistrate 3 1 Paragraph (2) applies to proceedings in a JP court— a heard to any extent by a stipendiary magistrate; and b in which sentence has not been pronounced before 1st April 2016. 2 A JP court when constituted by a summary sheriff has, in addition to the jurisdiction and powers the court has otherwise, the summary criminal jurisdiction and powers of a sheriff. PAUL WHEELHOUSE Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 12th January 2016
Children And Young Persons PART 1 GENERAL Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 CONTENT AND COPIES OF A CHILD’S PLAN Information to be contained in a child’s plan 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision of copies of a child’s plan 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 MANAGEMENT OF A CHILD’S PLAN Managing authority of a child’s plan for a looked after child 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead professional 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review of a child’s plan 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inclusion of new targeted interventions in a child’s plan 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer of management of a child’s plan 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .