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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-rules-of-procedure-in-childrens-hearings-rules-2013/article-32",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2013/9780111020326",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-rules-of-procedure-in-childrens-hearings-rules-2013",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Information to be given to the members of the children’s hearing to which section 119 (children’s hearing following deferral or proceedings under Part 10) of the Act applies",
  "text": "Where rule 31 applies, wherever practicable 7 days before, and no later than 3 days before, the intended date of the children’s hearing the Reporter must give to the three members of the children’s hearing—\n(a) a copy of the statement of grounds;\n(b) any available report or interim report prepared by the appointed safeguarder under section 33(1)(a) or (c) (functions of safeguarder) of the Act or these Rules;\n(c) any report prepared by the local authority;\n(d) a copy of any relevant direction by a sheriff under section 108 (determination: ground established), 115 (recall: power to refer other grounds) or 117 (new section 67 ground established: sheriff to refer to children’s hearing) of the Act;\n(e) a copy of any relevant remit by a court under section 49 (reference or remit to children’s hearing) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;\n(f) a copy of any relevant statement by a sheriff under section 12(1B) (sheriff’s power to refer case to children’s hearing) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004;\n(g) a copy of any relevant requirement made by a sheriff under section 156(3)(a) (determination of appeal) of the Act;\n(h) copies of all decisions and reasons for those decisions made by all pre-hearing panels and children’s hearings arranged in relation to the child;\n(i) a copy of any decision of a pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing held in relation to the child and the reasons for that decision;\n(j) any other report, document or information relevant to the matter to be considered by the children’s hearing;\n(k) a copy of any relevant child protection order made in relation to the child under section 38 (consideration by sheriff: application by local authority only) or 39 (consideration by sheriff: application by local authority or other person) of the Act.\n(2) This rule does not apply where rule 33 applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2013/9780111020326/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:36:13.669192+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."
}