# Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, Section 143: Transfers in cases of urgent necessity


(1) Subsection (2) applies where a child is residing at a particular place by virtue of a compulsory supervision order or interim compulsory supervision order containing a measure of the type mentioned in section 83(2)(a).
(2) If it is in the interests of the child or another child in the place that the child be moved out of the place as a matter of urgent necessity then, despite the order, the chief social work officer may transfer the child to another place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/143 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-143
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