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The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Amendment Rules 2015

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Failure of child to attend grounds hearing: power to make interim order

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6.  In rule 64, after paragraph (4), insert—

(5) Where the children’s hearing requires the Reporter to arrange another grounds hearing under section 95(2) of the Act, each member of the children’s hearing must—

(a)state their decision on the exercise of the power conferred by section 95(4) of the Act and the reason for that decision; and

(b)where the decision is to make an interim compulsory supervision order, state their decision in relation to any measure to be contained in the order and the reasons for the inclusion of the proposed measure.

(6) Where paragraph (5) applies, the chairing member must—

(a)confirm and explain the decision of the children’s hearing;

(b)state the reasons for that decision; and

(c)subject to sections 74 (relevant person’s duty to attend children’s hearing), 75 (power to proceed in absence of relevant person) and 79 (referral of certain matters for pre-hearing determination) of the Act, inform each relevant person and any safeguarder appointed of the right to appeal the children’s hearing’s decision to make an interim compulsory supervision order under section 154 (appeal to sheriff against decision of children’s hearing) within 21 days of that decision..

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