# The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013, Article 46: Arranging pre-hearing panels to determine matter in section 79(3) (referral of certain matters for pre-hearing determination) of the Act


(1) Where a pre-hearing panel is to be arranged by virtue only of section 79(2)(c) of the Act wherever practicable at least 5 days before the intended date of the pre-hearing panel the Reporter must give notice of the pre-hearing panel to the persons mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) Those persons are—
(a) the child;
(b) each relevant person;
(c) any appointed safeguarder;
(d) the three members of the pre-hearing panel;
(e) the National Convener.
(3) The notice must inform—
(a) the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) of the date, time and place of the pre-hearing panel;
(b) the persons mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) to (d) of the matters to be determined by the pre-hearing panel; and
(c) the persons mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) to (c) that they—
(i) have the right to attend the pre-hearing panel;
(ii) may make representations (orally or in writing) to the pre-hearing panel;
(iii) may give any report or other document for the consideration of the pre-hearing panel;
(iv) have the right to request that the Reporter takes all reasonable steps to enable the child and each relevant person to attend the pre-hearing panel by way of telephone, through video link or by using any other method of communication.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2013/9780111020326/article/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-rules-of-procedure-in-childrens-hearings-rules-2013/article-46
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