Section 6 Selection of members of children's hearingI1

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

s. 6(3)(za) inserted by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 41(5)(b)
s. 6(4)(4A) substituted for s. 6(4) by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 41(5)(c)
s. 6(5) substituted by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 41(5)(d)
s. 6(a) words in s. 5 renumbered as s. 5(a) by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 41(5)(a)(i)
s. 6(b) and word inserted by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 41(5)(a)(ii)

(1)

This section applies where a children's hearing requires to be arranged by virtue of, or for the purposes of, this Act or any other enactment.

(2)

The members of the children's hearing are to be selected by the National Convener.

(3)

The National Convener must ensure that the children's hearing—

(a)

F1so far as practicable, includes both male and female members of the Children's Panel, and

(b)

so far as practicable, consists only of members of the Children's Panel who live or work in the area of the local authority which is the relevant local authority for the child to whom the hearing relates.

(4)

The National Convener may select one of the members of the children's hearing to chair the hearing.

F2(5)

In this section “children’s hearing” includes a pre-hearing panel.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 6(3)(a) inserted (1.11.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 42(2), 59(1)
F2: S. 6(5) inserted (24.6.2013) by The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Primary Legislation) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/211), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 20(2)

Commencement

I1: S. 6 in force at 31.3.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/98, art. 2, Sch.