Healthcare professionals - supporting children and young people who may have experienced child sexual abuse: clinical pathway
The purpose of this guidance is to ensure a consistent approach to the provision of healthcare and forensic medical examination services for children and young people of either sex who may have experienced sexual abuse.
Appendix B – Legal and policy context
The links below provide further information on the legal and policy context surrounding Children and Young People who have suffered sexual abuse:
Age of Legal Capacity Act 1991[48]
Children (Scotland) Act 1995[49]
Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011[50]
Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009[51]
Children and Young People’s (Scotland) Act 2014[52]
Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) Scotland Act 2019[53]
Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021[54]
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000[55]
Female Genital Mutilation (2005): Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005[56]
Equally Safe: Scotland's strategy to eradicate violence against women[57]
Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014[58]
Taskforce for the improvement of services for adults and children who have experienced rape and sexual assault[59]
National Trauma Training Framework[60]
Justice in Scotland: vision and priorities[61]
The Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (The Lanzarote Convention) (2018)[62]
Scottish Government (2017) Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)[63]
Scottish Government (2019) Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) Scotland Bill[64]
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