Section 80 Determination of matter referred under section 79I1

Scotland

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

s. 80(2)(a) words in s. 80(2) renumbered as s. 80(2)(a) by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 44(10)(a)(i)
s. 80(2)(b) and word inserted by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 44(10)(a)(ii)
s. 80(3) words substituted by Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 44(10)(b)

(1)

This section applies where the Principal Reporter refers a matter to a pre-hearing panel under section 79(2) F1or (5A).

(2)

The Principal Reporter must arrange a meeting of the pre-hearing panel for a date before the date fixed for the children's hearing.

(3)

If it is not practicable for the Principal Reporter to comply with subsection (2), the children's hearing must determine the matter referred at the beginning of the children's hearing.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reference in s. 80(1) inserted (26.1.2015) by Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8), s. 102(3), Sch. 5 para. 12(2); S.S.I. 2014/353, art. 2(2)(3), Sch.

Commencement

I1: S. 80 in force at 24.6.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3