Section 65 Provision of information by constable: child in place of safetyI1

Scotland

F1(1)

Subsection (2) applies where the Principal Reporter is informed under subsection (2) of section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 that a child is being kept in a place of safety under subsection (3) of that section.

(2)

The Principal Reporter may direct—

(a)

that the child be released from the place of safety, or

(b)

that the child continue to be kept F2in a place of safety until the Principal Reporter makes a determination under section 66(2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 65(1) substituted (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 40(a)(i); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)
F2: Words in s. 65(2) substituted (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 40(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)

Commencement

I1: S. 65 in force at 24.6.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3