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(1)A child rights and wellbeing impact assessment is an assessment of the likely effects (if any) of a legislative provision on, or decision of a strategic nature relating to, the rights and wellbeing of children.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish a child rights and wellbeing impact assessment in relation to the following legislative provisions—
(a)a Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament that the Scottish Ministers intend to introduce in the Scottish Parliament,
(b)a Scottish statutory instrument made by the Scottish Ministers other than one which brings a provision of an Act of the Scottish Parliament or an Act of Parliament into force.
(3)The Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish a child rights and wellbeing impact assessment in relation to decisions of a strategic nature relating to the rights and wellbeing of children as required by, and in accordance with, the arrangements set out in the Scheme.
(4)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), the Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish a child rights and wellbeing impact assessment in relation to—
(a)any decision by the Scottish Ministers to restrict, for a reason relating to coronavirus, the delivery in person of education provision to children at schools,
(b)any strategy, policy or criteria of the Scottish Ministers that is to be applied by an education authority in making a decision temporarily to remove or restrict the delivery in person of education provision to children at schools under the education authority’s management, regardless of the reason for the decision.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (4)—
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” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),a reference to the “delivery in person” of education is a reference to a child’s attendance in person at the child’s usual school,
“school” has the meaning given by section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
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I1S. 17 comes into force in accordance with s. 47(2)
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