{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-193",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-193.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/193",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "193",
  "heading": "Formal communications",
  "text": "(1) The following are formal communications—\n(a) a notice,\n(b) a determination,\n(c) a direction,\n(d) a report,\n(e) a statement,\n(f) a referral under section 127.\n(2) A formal communication must be in writing.\n(3) That requirement is satisfied by a formal communication in electronic form which is—\n(a) sent by electronic means, and\n(b) capable of being reproduced in legible form.\n(4) A formal communication sent in accordance with subsection (3) is to be taken to be received on the day it is sent.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 193 applied (24.6.2013) by The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children's Hearings) Rules 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/194), arts. 1(1), 99 (with art. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 193(2)-(4) applied (24.6.2013) by The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Implementation of Secure Accommodation Authorisation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/212), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 193(2)-(4) applied (24.6.2013) by The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Compulsory Supervision Orders etc.: Further Provision) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/149), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 193(2)-(4) applied (24.6.2013 coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Appeals against Dismissal by SCRA) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/337), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/193",
    "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."
}