Section 53 Children’s advocacy services: notification of hearingsI1

The Children’s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows.

After section 122, insert—

“Children’s advocacy services provider to be notified of hearings

122A

(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

in relation to a child, a children’s hearing is to be held by virtue of this Act or a hearing is to take place under Part 10, and

(b)

the Principal Reporter is aware that children’s advocacy services are being, or will be, provided in relation to the child in connection with the children’s hearing or, as the case may be, hearing under Part 10.

(2)

The Principal Reporter must notify the person who is providing children’s advocacy services in relation to the child of when and where the children’s hearing or, as the case may be, hearing under Part 10 is to take place.”.