
2025 No. 82
Education
The Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025
Made 20th March 2025
Coming into force
for the purpose of article 2(a) 6th April 2025
for all other purposes 1st April 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 47(2)(c)(ii) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 99(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 and, subject to paragraph (2), comes into force on 1 April 2025.
(2) Article 2(a) comes into force on 6 April 2025.
Amendment of the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Order 2014
2 
In article 1(2) of the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Order 2014 (citation, commencement, interpretation and application), in the definition of “qualifying benefit”—
(a) omit paragraph (g),
(b) on each occasion where it appears, for “£796” substitute “£850”.
NATALIE DON-INNES
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th March 2025