Part 2Permanence orders

Orders and supervision requirements

95Duty of children's hearing to prepare report for court

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)

an application is made for a permanence order, or variation of such an order, in respect of a child,

(b)

the application has not been determined (or, as the case may be, withdrawn or abandoned), and

(c)

a children's hearing proposes to F1 make or vary (other than by interim variation, as defined in section 140 of the Children’s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1) ) a compulsory supervision order in respect of the child.

(2)

The children's hearing must prepare for the court to which the application has been made a report containing such information as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe.

(3)

In subsection (1)(a), the reference to variation of a permanence order includes a reference to amendment of the order to include provision granting authority for the child to whom the order relates to be adopted.