{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011/section-82",
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  "legislation": "asp/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/82",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "82",
  "heading": "Appointment of safeguarder",
  "text": "(1) A pre-hearing panel may appoint a safeguarder for the child to whom the children's hearing relates.\n(2) A pre-hearing panel must record an appointment made under subsection (1).\n(3) If a pre-hearing panel appoints a safeguarder, it must give reasons for the decision.\n(4) Subsection (1) does not apply where a safeguarder has already been appointed.\n(5) A safeguarder appointed under this section is to be treated for the purposes of this Act (other than this section) as being appointed by a children's hearing by virtue of section 30.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 82 in force at 24.6.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/1/section/82",
    "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."
}