PART 4Provision of named persons

31Relevant authorities

1

The persons listed, or within a description listed, in schedule 2, are “relevant authorities” for the purposes of this Part (subject to subsection (3)).

2

The Scottish Ministers may by order modify schedule 2 by—

a

adding a person or description of persons,

b

removing an entry listed in it, or

c

varying an entry listed in it.

3

The following persons are not relevant authorities for the purposes of section 29—

a

the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland,

b

a body which is a “post-16 education body” for the purposes of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005.

4

An order under subsection (2) which adds a person, or a description of persons, to schedule 2, may modify this section so as to provide that the person is not a relevant authority, or the persons within the description are not relevant authorities, for the purposes of section 29.