The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Child Protection Emergency Measures) Regulations 2012
| Year | 2012 |
2012 No. 334
Children And Young Persons
The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Child Protection Emergency Measures) Regulations 2012
Made 6th December 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 10th December 2012
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 57 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 20111and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Child Protection Emergency Measures) Regulations 2012 and come into force on the same day as section 57 (sections 55 and 56: regulations) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011;
“applicant” means the person who applied to a justice of the peace for an order in respect of a child under section 55(1) (application to justice of the peace) of the Act; and
“specified person” means a person specified in an order made under section 55 of the Act.
Implementation
3. Notwithstanding section 55(4) of the Act (order not implemented within 12 hours), an order made by a justice of the peace under section 55(2) of the Act must be implemented as soon as practicable.
Notification of persons
4. As soon as practicable after implementing an order made under section 55(2) of the Act the specified person, or if there is no specified person, the applicant, must inform the following persons of the matters in regulation 5—
(a) any relevant person in relation to the child;
(b) any person, other than a relevant person, with whom the child was residing immediately before the making of the order;
(c) the relevant local authority in relation to the child, where neither the specified person nor the applicant are the relevant local authority;
(d) the local authority for the area in which the place of safety or other place in which the child is being kept is situated, where that local authority is not the specified person, the applicant or the relevant local authority;
(e) the local authority for the area in which the child was residing immediately before the making of the order, where that local authority is not the specified person, the applicant, the relevant local authority or the local authority under paragraph (d); and
(f) the Principal Reporter.
Matters to be notified
5. The persons in regulation 4 must be informed of—
(a) the steps taken to implement the order;
(b) the location of the place of safety where the child is being kept under section 55(1)(b) of the Act or, as the case may be, the place where the child is staying under section 55(1)(c);
(c) the reasons for the making of the order; and
(d) any other steps which the specified person or the applicant has taken or is taking to safeguard the welfare of the child.
Withholding information
6. When informing the persons in regulation 4(a) and (b) the specified person or the applicant may withhold, from any of the persons being informed, any of the information in regulation 5(b) and (d) where they consider it necessary to do so in order to safeguard the welfare of the child.
Notice where order ceases to have effect
7. Where an order made under section 55(2) of the Act ceases to have effect by virtue of section 55(4) (order not implemented within 12 hours), the specified person or the applicant must as soon as practicable inform—
(a) the justice of the peace who made the order; and
(b) the persons notified in accordance with regulation 4.
Notice where Principal Reporter terminates order
8. Where an order made under section 55(2) of the Act is terminated by the Principal Reporter by virtue of section 55(6), the Principal Reporter must as soon as practicable inform the specified person, if different from the applicant.
Duties to child
9.—(1) After the making of an order under section 55(2) of the Act the specified person, or if there is no specified person, the applicant, must regard the need to safeguard the welfare of the child as the paramount consideration.
(2) As soon as practicable on or after implementing an order the specified person, or if there is no specified person, the applicant, must so far as practicable and taking account of the age and maturity of the child—
(a)
(a) inform the child of the reasons for the making of the order;
(b)
(b) inform the child of any other steps which the specified person or the applicant has taken or is taking to safeguard the welfare of the child;
(c)
(c) give the child an opportunity to express the child’s views; and
(d)
(d) have regard to any views expressed by the child.
(3) After implementing an order the specified person, or if...
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