Section 72 Child in place of safety: Principal Reporter's powersI1

Scotland

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)

the Principal Reporter is required by section 69(2) to arrange a children's hearing in relation to a child, and

(b)

the child is being kept in a place of safety under section 65(2)(b).

(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 F1in a place of safety until the children's hearing.

Annotations

F1: Words in s. 72(2)(b) substituted (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 40(e); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)