Power for Scottish Commission for Human Rights to bring or intervene in proceedings 10A Power for Scottish Commission for Human Rights to bring or intervene in proceedings 10 (1) The Scottish Commission for Human Rights Act 2006 is amended as follows. (2) After section 4 insert— “4A Proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2021 For the purposes of its general duty, the Commission may— 15 (a) bring proceedings under section 7(1)(a) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2021, (b) intervene in proceedings in which a person claims that a public authority has acted (or proposes to act) in a way which is made unlawful by 20 section 6(1) of that Act.”. (3) In section 6 (no power to assist in claims or legal proceedings), after subsection (2) insert— “(2A) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to proceedings brought or intervened in by the Commission under section 4A.”. 25 P ART 3 C HILDREN ’ S RIGHTS SCHEME , CHILD RIGHTS AND WELLBEING IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTING DUTIES Children’s Rights Scheme 11 Children’s Rights Scheme 30 (1) The Scottish Ministers must make a scheme setting out the arrangements that are in place, or are to be put in place by the Scottish Ministers— (a) to ensure that they comply with the duty under section 6(1), and (b) to secure better or further effect of the rights of children. (2) The scheme under subsection (1) is to be known as the Children’s Rights Scheme (and 35 is referred to in this Act as “the Scheme”). (3) The Scheme must, in particular, include arrangements for the Scottish Ministers to— United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill 9 Part 3—Children’s rights scheme, child rights and wellbeing impact assessments and reporting duties (a) ensure that children are able to participate in the making of decisions that affect them, (aa) ensure that children who have one or more protected characteristics or are in a situation of vulnerability have their rights respected, protected and fulfilled, 5 (b) raise awareness of and promote the rights of children, (ba) promote complaints handling procedures that children can understand and use, (bb) ensure that children have effective access to justice, (c) consider the rights of children in the Scottish Government’s budget process, (d) ensure that their actions contribute to any national outcome for children 10 determined by them under Part 1 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, (e) prepare and publish child rights and wellbeing impact assessments (see section 14). (4) The first Scheme made under this section must— 15 (a) specify the date...