The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2014

Made: 23rd September 2014

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 25th September 2014

Coming into force: 6th October 2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 102(3) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014[^f00001].

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2014 and comes into force on 6th October 2014.

• (2) In this Order—

• “the 2014 Act” means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014; and

• “the 2010 Act” means the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010[^f00002].

Appointed day

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6th October 2014 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—

• (a) section 81(4) of the 2014 Act (call-in of closure proposals) for the purpose of bringing into force section 17A(6) of the 2010 Act[^f00003]; and

• (b) section 81(9) of the 2014 Act[^f00004],

only in so far as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under paragraphs 1(9) and 2(5) of schedule 2A to the 2010 Act[^f00005].

Signed

MICHAEL RUSSELL — A member of the Scottish Government — 23rd September 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force section 81(4) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) for the purpose of bringing into force section 17A(6) of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) (section 81(4) inserts section 17A(6) into the 2010 Act) and section 81(9) of the 2014 Act (which amends section 21(2) of the 2010 Act) on 6th October 2014, but only in so far as necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under paragraphs 1(9) and 2(5) of schedule 2A to the 2010 Act (as inserted by section 81(5) of the 2014 Act).

Sections 17A(6) and 21(2) of the 2010 Act contain interpretation provisions of the terms “the Convener” and “School Closure Review Panel” which require to be commenced for the purposes of making regulations under paragraphs 1(9) and 2(5) of schedule 2A to the 2010 Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 asp 8 (“the 2014 Act”).

[^f00002]: 2010 asp 2 (“the 2010 Act”).

[^f00003]: Section 17A(6) of the 2010 Act is inserted by section 81(4) of the 2014 Act.

[^f00004]: Section 81(9) amends section 21(2) of the 2010 Act (definitions), to insert the definition of “the Convenor” and of “School Closure Review Panel”.

[^f00005]: Paragraphs 1(9) and 2(5) of schedule 2A to the 2010 Act are inserted by section 81(5) of the 2014 Act.