{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-147",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-147.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/147",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "147",
  "heading": "Application for order",
  "text": "(1) The National Convener must, if directed to do so under section 146(6), apply to the relevant sheriff principal for an order to enforce an implementation authority's duty in relation to a child.\n(2) The relevant sheriff principal is the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom in which the principal office of the implementation authority is situated.\n(3) The National Convener may not make such an application, despite the direction given under section 146(6), unless—\n(a) the National Convener has given the authority notice in relation to the duty in compliance with a direction given under section 146(2), and\n(b) the authority has failed to carry out the duty within the period specified in the notice.\n(4) The application is to be made by summary application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 146-148 modified (24.6.2022) by The Cross-border Placements (Effect of Deprivation of Liberty Orders) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/225), regs. 1, 13(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 147 in force at 24.6.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/147",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:14.891873+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."
}