{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997/rule-3.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/291",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-child-care-and-maintenance-rules-1997",
  "path": "rule/3.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.4",
  "heading": "Service on child",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rule 3.3 and to paragraph (2), after the issue of the first order or warrant to cite, as the case may be, the applicant shall forthwith serve a copy of the application and first order or warrant to cite on the child, together with a notice or citation in–\n(a) Form 26 in respect of an application for a child assessment order under Part III of this Chapter;\n(b) Form 27 in respect of an application to vary or terminate a child protection order in terms of rule 3.33;\n(c) Form 28 in respect of an application for an exclusion order in terms of rules 3.34 to 3.39;\n(d) Form 29 in respect of an application to vary or recall an exclusion order in terms of rule 3.40;\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) subject to subparagraph (g), in Form 31 in respect of an application under section 93(2)(a) or 94(2)(a) of the 2011 Act;\n(g) Form 31A in respect of an application under section 94(2)(a) of the 2011 Act where a procedural hearing has been fixed; and\n(h) Form 31B in respect of an application under section 110(2) of the 2011 Act.\n(2) The sheriff may, on application by the applicant or of his own motion, order that a specified part of the application is not served on the child.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.4(1)(b) substituted (24.6.2013) by Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(6)(a) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 3.4(1)(e) omitted (24.6.2013) by virtue of Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(6)(b) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 3.4(1)(f)-(h) substituted for rule 3.4(1)(f) (24.6.2013) by Act of Sederunt (Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/172), paras. 1(1), 3(6)(c) (with para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.4 in force at 1.4.1997, see rule 1.1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/291/rule/3.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:57.022825+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}