{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-rules-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-rules-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3261",
  "legislation_title": "Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“the 1978 Act” means the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“the 1996 Regulations” means the Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 1996;\n“chairman” means the chairman of a children’s hearing;\n“child” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(2)(b) of the Act;\n“child protection order” has the meaning given to that term by section 57 of the Act;\n“children’s hearing” means a children’s hearing as defined in section 39(3) of the Act;\n“day” means a period of twenty-four hours commencing at midnight;\n“enactment” includes any order, regulation or other instrument made under the Act;\n“local authority” means the local authority for the area of the children’s hearing;\n“relevant person” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(2)(b) of the Act;\n“Principal Reporter” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(1) of the Act;\n“representative” has the meaning given to that term by rule 11(3) below;\n“safeguarder” means a person appointed by a children’s hearing under section 41(1) of the Act for the purpose of safeguarding the interests of the child in the proceedings;\n“Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration” has the meaning given to that term by section 128 of the 1994 Act;\n“secure accommodation” means accommodation provided in a residential establishment in accordance with the 1996 regulations for the purpose of restricting the liberty of children.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Rules to:\n(a) a numbered rule or Form shall be construed as a reference to the rule or Form bearing that number in these Rules; and any reference to a specified paragraph or sub-paragraph shall be construed as a reference to that paragraph or sub-paragraph in the rule in which that reference occurs; and\n(b) a Form includes a Form substantially to the same effect as that set out in these Rules with such variation as circumstances may require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1996 S.I. 3255."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3261/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:32.164513+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."
}