{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2013/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2013/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1465",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2013",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Warrants to secure attendance",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a warrant to secure attendance is in force in relation to a child, and that child is in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.\n(2) A constable may enforce the warrant—\n(a) by searching for the child;\n(b) by apprehending the child;\n(c) by taking the child to, and detaining the child in, a place of safety;\n(d) by bringing the child before the relevant proceedings; and\n(e) so far as is necessary for the execution of the warrant, by entering premises if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing the child is on those premises.\n(3) A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the powers set out in paragraph (2)(a) to (e).\n(4) In this article, “relevant proceedings”, in relation to a warrant to secure attendance, means the children’s hearing or, as the case may be, proceedings before the sheriff in respect of which it is granted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in force at 24.6.2013, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1465/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:50:58.448335+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."
}