# Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007, Section 95: Duty of children's hearing to prepare report for court

Extent: S

(1) Subsection (2) applies where—
(a) an application is made for a permanence order, or variation of such an order, in respect of a child,
(b) the application has not been determined (or, as the case may be, withdrawn or abandoned), and
(c) a children's hearing proposes to make or vary (other than by interim variation, as defined in section 140 of the Children’s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1) ) a compulsory supervision order in respect of the child.
(2) The children's hearing must prepare for the court to which the application has been made a report containing such information as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe.
(3) In subsection (1)(a), the reference to variation of a permanence order includes a reference to amendment of the order to include provision granting authority for the child to whom the order relates to be adopted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/4/section/95 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/section-95
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