Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament passed on 19 February 2014 and received royal assent on 27 March 2014. The legislation is part of the Scottish Government's Getting it right for every child policy implementation.
| Act of the Scottish Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the rights of children and young people; to make provision about investigations by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland; to make provision for and about the provision of services and support for or in relation to children and young people; to make provision for an adoption register; to make provision about children’s hearings, detention in secure accommodation and consultation on certain proposals in relation to schools; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 2014 asp 8 |
| Introduced by | Alex Neil MSP |
| Territorial extent | Scotland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 March 2014 |
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| Other legislation | |
| Relates to | Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 |
Status: Current legislation | |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The scope of the act as described in its long title is to make provision:
- about the rights of children and young people;
- about investigations by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland;
- about the provision of services and support for or in relation to children and young people:
- for and about an adoption register;
- about children’s hearings, detention in secure accommodation and consultation on certain proposals in relation to schools.
In the course of legal proceedings on the part of The Christian Institute and others who were concerned with information privacy law, and who challenged provisions of the act, the judgments of the Court of Session in Edinburgh and, on appeal, of the Supreme Court in Westminster referred to the Data Protection Act 1998, the EU Data Protection Directive, and the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court of Session upheld the provisions of the act, but was overruled by the Supreme Court's decision that the provisions were defective and were not in the Parliament's legislative competence, and therefore could not be brought into force.