{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-72.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Child in place of safety: Principal Reporter's powers",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where—\n(a) the Principal Reporter is required by section 69(2) to arrange a children's hearing in relation to a child, and\n(b) the child is being kept in a place of safety under section 65(2)(b).\n(2) The Principal Reporter may direct—\n(a) that the child be released from the place of safety, or\n(b) that the child continue to be kept in a place of safety until the children's hearing.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 72 in force at 24.6.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/16",
      "affecting_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/72",
    "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."
}