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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-61",
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  "legislation": "asp/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Constable's duty to provide information to Principal Reporter",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a constable considers—\n(a) that a child is in need of protection, guidance, treatment or control, and\n(b) that it might be necessary for a compulsory supervision order to be made in relation to the child.\n(2) The constable must give the Principal Reporter all relevant information which the constable has been able to discover in relation to the child.\n(3) If the constable makes a report under section 20(1)(d) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8) in relation to the child, the constable must also make the report to the Principal Reporter.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 61(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 44; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 61 in force at 24.6.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/61",
    "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."
}