# Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026, Section 53: Children’s advocacy services: notification of hearings

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) The Children’s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows.
(2) 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.”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/16/section/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-care-care-experience-and-services-planning-scotland-act-2026/section-53
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.