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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Children’s Advocacy Services) Regulations 2020 No. 370
7.—(1) This regulation applies where—
(a)before the date on which these Regulations come into force, a person has provided relevant services to a child, and
(b)the children’s hearing in respect of which those services have been provided has not concluded on the date on which these Regulations come into force.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the person may, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, continue to provide relevant services to a child on or after the date these Regulations come into force until the date on which the children’s hearing has concluded.
(3) The Scottish Ministers may give consent in accordance with paragraph (2) subject to such conditions as they consider appropriate.
(4) In this regulation—
“relevant services” means services of support and representation to a child for the purpose of assisting a child in relation to the child’s involvement in a children’s hearing.
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