Article 2 Interpretation

In these Rules–

• “the Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;

• “legal representative” means a person appointed under these Rules to act as the legal representative of a child who is the subject of a Children’s Hearing;

• “local authority” means the local authority for the area of the Children’s Hearing; and

• “the Principal Reporter” means the Principal Reporter appointed under section 127 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f1 or any officer of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration to whom there is delegated under section 131(1) of that Act any functions of the Principal Reporter.