# Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, Section 81A: Determination that deeming of person as relevant person to end


(1) This section applies where a matter mentioned in section 79(5A)(a) is referred to a meeting of a pre-hearing panel.
(2) Where the matter is referred along with any other matter, the pre-hearing panel must determine it before determining the other matter.
(3) The pre-hearing panel must determine that the individual is no longer to be deemed to be a relevant person if it considers that the individual does not have (and has not recently had) a significant involvement in the upbringing of the child.
(4) Where the pre-hearing panel makes a determination as described in subsection (3), section 81(4) ceases to apply in relation to the individual.
(5) Where, by virtue of section 80(3), the children's hearing is to determine a matter mentioned in section 79(5A)(a), references in subsections (2) to (4) to the pre-hearing panel are to be read as references to the children's hearing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/81A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-81A
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