Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

2011 asp 1

Commentary on Sections

Part 13 – Review of Compulsory Supervision Order

Requirement for review

Section 135 – Duty to initiate review: secure accommodation authorisation

196. This section relates to a review of a compulsory supervision order that includes a secure accommodation authorisation and provides that the Principal Reporter must arrange for a review of the order within 3 months from the date the order was made, varied or continued. The duty on the reporter to initiate a review of the compulsory supervision order does not apply where the chief social work officer has removed the child from secure accommodation in the interim.