Supporters and advocacy
14AF1F2Provision of advocacy service: First-tier Tribunal
1
The Scottish Ministers must, in respect of F3proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal , secure the provision of an advocacy service to be available on request and free of charge to the persons mentioned in subsection (2).
2
The persons are—
a
in the case of a child, the child's parent,
b
in the case of a young person—
i
the young person, or
ii
where the young person lacks capacity to participate in discussions or make representations of the type referred to in subsection (3), the young person's parent.
3
In subsection (1) “ advocacy service ” means a service whereby another person conducts discussions with or makes representations to the F4First-tier Tribunal or any other person involved in the proceedings on behalf of a person mentioned in subsection (2).