The Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024

Appointed day

2.  28 August 2024 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

(a) section 1 (age of referral to children’s hearing), for the purpose of its application to the amendments to the 1995 Act made by sections 18 and 19 of the Act,

(b) section 12 (meaning of “child”), for the purpose of its application to the amendments to the 1995 Act made by sections 18 and 19 of the Act,

(c) section 18 (remand and committal of children before trial or sentence),

(d) section 19 (detention of children on conviction),

(e) section 21 (meanings of “young offenders institution” and “young offender”),

(f) section 22 (abolition of remand centres),

(g) section 23 (duty of local authority to provide residential establishments for detained children),

(h) section 24 (children detained in secure accommodation to be treated as “looked after” children),

(i) section 37 (modification of enactments), for the purpose of its application to the modification of the enactments in parts 5, 6 and 7 of the schedule of the Act,

(j) in the schedule (minor and consequential modifications)—

(i) part 5 (criminal procedure: miscellaneous modifications),

(ii) part 6 (abolition of remand centres),

(iii) part 7 (local authority duties in relation to detained children).