On that basis, the Scottish Government has approached the commencement of provisions in the Act - and the duties on Scottish Ministers in those provisions - in stages.A number of provisions are already in force: The Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2020.Section 13: promotion of contact between looked after children and siblingsSection 14: duty to consider contact when making etc. compulsory supervision orderSection 15: clarification of order-making powerSection 23: funding for alternative dispute resolution (commenced to allow Scottish Ministers to make reports on progress with implementation)Section 24: pilot of mandatory information meetings on alternatives to court (commenced to allow Scottish Ministers to make reports on progress with implementation)Section 25: opportunity to participate in hearingSection 26: appeal against relevant person decisionSections 32, 33, 34, 35: final provisionsSections 23 and 24 are not yet implemented for remaining purposes, but six progress reports on have been laid in the Scottish Parliament to date.A number of provisions have been commenced for certain purposes in The Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2021: Section 7(3) and (4): register of solicitors where person prohibited from conducting their own case superseded by Part 3 of the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform BillSection 9: register of child welfare reporters – for purposes of making regulationsSection 10(1) and (3): regulation of child contact servicesSection 17(1) and (3): register of curators ad litem – for purposes of making regulationsIn terms of the duties contained in those provisions:Section 7 will be repealed and replaced by provisions in Part 3 of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform Bill and will be implemented following enactment of the Bill.An update on timings in relation to section 9 of the 2020 Act was provided to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on 24 June 2025 see below.