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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-legal-representation-scotland-rules-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/478",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Hearings (Legal Representation) (Scotland) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-legal-representation-scotland-rules-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules permit legal representatives to attend Children’s Hearings as defined in section 39(3) of the Children(s) Act 1995 in certain circumstances.\nRule 3 specifies when the business meeting and the Children’s Hearing may consider the appointment of a legal representative, and the circumstances in which an appointment may be made.\nRule 4 authorises the Principal Reporter to make copies of the relevant documentation available to legal representatives.\nRule 5 specifies groups of persons from whom a legal representative may be appointed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/478/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:43:41.897186+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."
}