Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

40 S In the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011—

(a) in section 65—

(i) for subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1) Subsection (2) applies where the Principal Reporter is informed under subsection (2) of section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 that a child is being kept in a place of safety under subsection (3) of that section.”,

(ii) in subsection (2), for the words “in the” there is substituted “ in a ”,

(b) in section 66(1), for sub-paragraph (vii) there is substituted—

“(vii) information under section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016, or”,

(c) in section 68(4)(e)(vi), for the words “section 43(5) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46)” there is substituted “ section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 ”,

(d) in section 69, for subsection (3) there is substituted—

“(3) If—

(a) the determination under section 66(2) is made following the Principal Reporter receiving information under section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016, and

(b) at the time the determination is made the child is being kept in a place of safety,

the children's hearing must be arranged to take place no later than the third day after the Principal Reporter receives the information mentioned in paragraph (a).”,

(e) in section 72(2)(b), for the words “in the” there is substituted “ in a ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 40 in force at 25.1.2018 by S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)