Rule 3.7 Appointment of safeguarderI1

Scotland

(1)

F1Where a safeguarder has not been appointed for the child, the sheriff—

(a)

shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the lodging of an application or the commencing of any proceedings, consider whether it is necessary to appoint a safeguarder in the application or proceedings; and

(b)

may at that stage, or at any later stage of the application or proceedings, appoint a safeguarder.

F2(2)

Where a sheriff appoints a safeguarder, the appointment and the reasons for it must be recorded in an interlocutor.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in rule 3.7(1) 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(10)(a) (with para. 8)
F2: Rule 3.7(2) 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(10)(b) (with para. 8)

Commencement

I1: Rule 3.7 in force at 1.4.1997, see rule 1.1(1)

Notes on Part CHAPTER 3

Textual amendments

F1: Ch. 3 heading substituted (1.2.2016) by Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/424), paras. 1(2), 3(9)