The Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Amendments to the Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2018

2.—(1) The Schedule to the Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2018(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(1)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (c) omit “and”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (d) insert “; and”;

(c) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) the Scottish early learning and childcare objective.”

(3) In paragraph 1(2) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) for the Scottish early learning and childcare objective—

(i) the persons specified at paragraphs 7, 10, 49 and 50 of Schedule 4 to the Act, and

(ii) a person providing services in connection with that objective to a person within sub-paragraph (i).”

(4) After paragraph 5 insert—

“Scottish early learning and childcare objective

6.— (1) In paragraph 1(1)(e) the Scottish early learning and childcare objective is to—

(a) identify a person who may be the parent of a relevant child; and

(b) make contact with such a person,

with a view to fulfilling the duty in section 47 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014(2) in respect of the child.

(2) In this paragraph—

“parent” has the same meaning as in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(3); and

“relevant child” means a child who meets a description specified in article 2(2) or (3) of the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Order 2014(4).”

(1)

S.I. 2018/912.

(2)

2014 asp 8. Section 47 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 was amended by section 29(2) of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8).

(3)

1980 c. 44. The definition of “parent” in section 135(1) was amended by paragraph 28(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36).

(4)

S.S.I. 2014/196. The meaning of “qualifying benefit” in article 1(2), referred to in article 2(2) and (3), was amended by: article 2(2)(a) of S.S.I. 2015/268; regulation 3(3) of S.S.I. 2017/182; article 2(2) of S.S.I. 2019/359; and article 2(2) of S.S.I. 2021/344.