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The Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015

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Draft 2015, ISBN 9780111025253

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Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under sections 152(5) and 197 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Children And Young Persons

Made

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 152 and 195 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with sections 152(5) and 197(2) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2011 asp 1.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2013
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 and come into force on 26th January 2015.

2Amendment of the Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2013

After regulation 8(6)(b) of the Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2013f1, insert—

“(ba)

where an interim compulsory supervision order was made by a children’s hearing under section 95(4) of the 2011 Act, arrange for the children’s hearing which the grounds hearing has required the Reporter to arrange under section 95(2) of the 2011 Act to take place before the expiry of the period of 72 hours of the child being placed in secure accommodation;”.

Signature

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 amends regulation 8 of the Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”) in consequence of section 86 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8). It provides that where an interim compulsory supervision order (“ICSO”) is made under section 95(4) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) and the child in respect of whom the ICSO is made is placed in secure accommodation in accordance with regulation 8(1) of the 2013 Regulations, the children’s hearing which the grounds hearing has required the Principal Reporter to arrange in accordance with section 95(2) of the 2011 Act must take place within 72 hours of the child being placed in secure accommodation.