Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

72 Supervision of children moving to England or Wales or Northern Ireland

(1) Where a children's hearing are satisfied that a child in respect of whom a supervision requirement under section 44(1)(a) of this Act is in force proposes to reside or is residing in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland they may either—

(a) discharge the supervision requirement; or

(b) send notification of the requirement to a juvenile court acting for the petty sessions area in which the child proposes to reside or is residing.

(2) The juvenile court to which notification of a supervision requirement is sent under this section may make in respect of the child subject to that requirement a supervision order placing him under the supervision of a probation officer for a period not exceeding one year beginning with the day on which the notification was sent; and the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1963 or, as the case may be, of the [1950 c. 5 (N.I.).] Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 shall apply to any such order as those provisions respectively apply to a supervision order within the meaning of section 5 of the [1963 c. 37.] Children and Young Persons Act 1963 or to a supervision order within the meaning of section 63(1)(d) of the said Act of 1950.

(3) Where a case is disposed of by a juvenile court in pursuance of this section in respect of a child subject to a supervision requirement, the requirement shall cease to have effect.

(4) In this section " petty sessions area " includes a division of the metropolitan area referred to in Part II of Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 and in relation to Northern Ireland means " petty sessions district" within the meaning of Part III of the [1964 c. 21 (N.I.).] Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.