Explanatory note

This Order brings into force on 24th June 2013 certain provisions of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”).

Article 2 provides that, other than the provisions of the Act specified in article 3, all the provisions of the Act, so far as not then in force, are to come into force for all purposes on the appointed day, 24th June 2013.

Article 3 provides that the provisions of the Act which are not brought into force are sections 122 (children’s advocacy services), 187 (rehabilitation of offenders), 188 (criminal record certificates) and section 203(2) (consequential amendments and repeals) and repeals in schedule 6 to the Act which relate to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Article 3(d) and (e)(ii) and (iii) provide that amendments and repeals related to section 44 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 are not brought into force.