# Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024, Section 1: Age of referral to children’s hearing

Extent: S

(1) The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 199 (meaning of “child”)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) for “16” substitute “18”,
(ii) for “subsections (2) to (9)” substitute “subsection (2)”,
(b) subsections (3) to (9) are repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/5/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-care-and-justice-scotland-act-2024/section-1
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