FOR PERSONS IN OR WITH EXPERIENCE OF CHILDREN ’ S CARE SYSTEM : MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS Family group decision-making ZA8 Right to request family group decision-making services 30 (1) The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 is amended as follows. (2) After section 69, insert— “69A Right to request family group decision-making services (1) Where family group decision-making services are available by virtue of section 68(1), the following persons may ask a relevant local authority to provide such 35 a service— (a) a child who considers themselves likely to fall within the definition of an eligible child, 11 Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Children’s care system Chapter 1A—Support etc. for persons in or with experience of children’s care system: modification of enactments (b) a person who considers themselves likely to fall within the definition of a qualifying person in relation to an eligible child, (c) a pregnant woman who considers herself likely to fall within the definition of an eligible pregnant woman, 5 (d) a person who considers themselves likely to fall within the definition of a qualifying person in relation to an eligible pregnant woman. (2) A local authority which receives a request under subsection (1) (“the request”)— (a) may ask the requester to provide such further information as it considers 10 necessary in order to consider the request, and 1 (b) must, unless it considers that there are good reasons not to respond (or not to respond further) to the requester, take the steps set out in subsection (3). (3) The steps are— 15 (a) as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the request, providing the requester with confirmation of receipt...