The Child’s Plan (Scotland) Order 2016

Made: 13th January 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 15th January 2016

Coming into force: 31st August 2016

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PART 1 — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — CONTENT AND COPIES OF A CHILD’S PLAN

Information to be contained in a child’s plan

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Provision of copies of a child’s plan

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PART 3 — MANAGEMENT OF A CHILD’S PLAN

Managing authority of a child’s plan for a looked after child

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Lead professional

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Review of a child’s plan

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Inclusion of new targeted interventions in a child’s plan

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Transfer of management of a child’s plan

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SCHEDULE — Information to be contained in a child’s plan

PART 1 — Information about the child

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PART 2 — Information about other persons

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PART 3 — Information about the child’s wellbeing

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PART 4 — Information about action to be taken in respect of wellbeing needs

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PART 5 — Information about the review or closure of a child’s plan

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Signed

AILEEN CAMPBELL — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 13th January 2016

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 asp 8.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2003/608. The 2003 Regulations were amended by S.S.I. 2013/137, S.S.I. 2013/147 and S.S.I. 2015/62.

[^f00003]: 2004 asp 4.

[^f00004]: S.S.I. 2009/210. Relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2009/290, S.S.I. 2013/147 and S.S.I. 2014/112.

[^f00005]: 1995 c.36. Section 17(6) was amended by paragraph 9(4)(b) of schedule 2 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), paragraph 2(4) of schedule 5 to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1) and by S.S.I. 2013/211.

[^f00006]: Section 10 was amended by section 1(4) of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 7).

Editorial notes

[^key-260ead65a13714fed76eb83652df35b7]: Order revoked (30.8.2016) by The Named Persons (Training, Qualifications, Experience and Position) and the Child’s Plan (Scotland) Revocation Order 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/234), arts. 1, 2(b)