# Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, Section 29A: Duty to consider including contact direction


(1) A children’s hearing must, when making, varying or continuing a compulsory supervision order in relation to a child, consider whether to include in the order a measure of the type mentioned in section 83(2)(g).
(2) A sheriff must, when varying or continuing a compulsory supervision order in relation to a child, consider whether to include in the order a measure of the type mentioned in section 83(2)(g).
(3) In considering whether to include a measure of the type mentioned in section 83(2)(g), the children's hearing or, as the case may be, the sheriff must in particular consider the inclusion of a measure regulating contact between the child and any person mentioned in subsection (4) with whom the child does not reside.
(4) The persons referred to in subsection (3) are—
(a) a relevant person in relation to the child,
(b) a sibling of the child,
(c) any other person with whom the child has resided and with whom the child has an ongoing relationship with the character of a relationship between siblings.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), two people are siblings if they have at least one parent in common.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/29A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-29A
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