Contact

I114Duty to consider contact when making etc. compulsory supervision order

1

The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 is modified as follows.

2

In section 29A (duty to consider including contact direction), after subsection (2), insert—

3

In considering whether to include a measure of the type mentioned in section 83(2)(g), the children's hearing or, as the case may be, the sheriff must in particular consider the inclusion of a measure regulating contact between the child and any person mentioned in subsection (4) with whom the child does not reside.

4

The persons referred to in subsection (3) are—

a

a relevant person in relation to the child,

b

a sibling of the child,

c

any other person with whom the child has resided and with whom the child has an ongoing relationship with the character of a relationship between siblings.

5

For the purposes of subsection (4), two people are siblings if they have at least one parent in common.