{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014/section-84",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-people-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Power to determine that deeming of person as relevant person to end",
  "text": "(1) The 2011 Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 79—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “This section applies” substitute “ Subsections (2) to (5) apply ”,\n(b) after subsection (1), insert—\n“(1A) Subsection (5A) applies (in addition to subsections (2) to (5)) where the children's hearing is—\n(a) a subsequent children's hearing under Part 11, or\n(b) held for the purposes of reviewing a compulsory supervision order.”,\n(c) after subsection (5), insert—\n“(5A) The Principal Reporter—\n(a) must refer the matter of whether an individual deemed to be a relevant person by virtue of section 81 should continue to be deemed to be a relevant person in relation to the child for determination by a pre-hearing panel if requested to do so by—\n(i) the individual so deemed,\n(ii) the child, or\n(iii) a relevant person in relation to the child,\n(b) may refer that matter for determination by a pre-hearing panel on the Principal Reporter's own initiative.”.\n(3) After section 81, insert—\n“Determination that deeming of person as relevant person to end\n81A (1) This section applies where a matter mentioned in section 79(5A)(a) is referred to a meeting of a pre-hearing panel.\n(2) Where the matter is referred along with any other matter, the pre-hearing panel must determine it before determining the other matter.\n(3) The pre-hearing panel must determine that the individual is no longer to be deemed to be a relevant person if it considers that the individual does not have (and has not recently had) a significant involvement in the upbringing of the child.\n(4) Where the pre-hearing panel makes a determination as described in subsection (3), section 81(4) ceases to apply in relation to the individual.\n(5) Where, by virtue of section 80(3), the children's hearing is to determine a matter mentioned in section 79(5A)(a), references in subsections (2) to (4) to the pre-hearing panel are to be read as references to the children's hearing.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 84 in force at 26.1.2015 by S.S.I. 2014/353, art. 2(2)(3), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/8/section/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:13.459183+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."
}