(This note is not part of the Order)
The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 received Royal Assent on 6th January 2011 and Part 20 (other than section 203) came into force on that day. The provisions of the Act commenced by earlier commencement orders are detailed in the table below.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.S.I.No. |
|---|---|---|
Section 1 and schedule 1, paragraph 8(7) | 19th January 2011 | |
Sections 2, 3 (partially), 10, 11, 12, 13 and schedule 1, paragraphs 1 to 7, 8(1) to (6) and (8) to (10), 9, 11, 15(1) to (5), 16, 17(1) and 18 to 25 | 18th April 2011 | |
Section 191 (partially) | 31st January 2012 and 26th March 2012 | |
Section 203(1) (partially) and schedule 5, paragraph 1(8)(a) and (b) | 31st January 2012 | |
Section 32 | 13th February 2012 | |
Section 3 (partially), section 4 (partially), schedule 1, paragraphs 10(1), (3) and (6), 12(1) to (3) and (7), 13(1) to (4) and (7) and 14(2) and (6) to (8) and schedule 2, paragraphs 1(1) and 4 | 19th September 2012 | |
Paragraph 10(2)(a) of schedule 1 | 19th September 2012 | |
Section 3 (partially), section 4 (partially), section 6, schedule 1, paragraphs (2)(b), (4), 10(5) and (7) to (9), 12(4) to (6), 14(1) and (3) to (5) and 17(2) and schedule 2, paragraphs 1(2) to (6) and 3 | 31st March 2013 |