SCHEDULE 2CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS: ENGLAND AND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND
PART 1AMENDMENT OF ACTS
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The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.
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In section 44 (prohibition of publication of proceedings at children’s hearing)63, at the end insert—
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The requirements of subsection (1) do not apply in relation to the publication by or on behalf of a local authority or an adoption agency (within the meaning of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4)) of information about a child for the purposes of making arrangements in relation to the child under this Act or that Act.
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In subsection (2) of section 93 (interpretation of Part 2)64, after paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant person” insert—
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any person in whom parental responsibilities or parental rights are vested by, under or by virtue of a permanence order (as defined in section 80(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), including a deemed permanence order having effect by virtue of article 13(1), 14(2), 17(1) or 19(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009);