The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 12th June 2013 section 203(1) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) for the purpose of giving effect to paragraph 2(8) of schedule 5 to the Act. Paragraph 2(8) amends section 75 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and is given effect for the purpose of enabling the Scottish Ministers to make regulations under that section where such regulations will come into force on or after the date on which section 152 of the Act comes into force.