The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children's Hearings) Rules 2013 No. 194

[F1 Part 5 S Attendance

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5 substituted (26.7.2021) by The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Amendment Rules 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/68), rules 1, 2(4)

Attendance by electronic means S

Request to attend pre-hearing panel or hearing by electronic means S

20B.— (1) The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration must take all reasonable steps to enable an individual to attend a pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing by electronic means if the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the individual—

(i) has a right to attend the pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing under section 78(1) of the Act (rights of certain persons to attend children’s hearing), or

(ii) is otherwise entitled to attend by virtue of section 78(2) of the Act,

(b) the individual has made a request to the Reporter to be allowed to attend the panel or hearing by electronic means, and

(c) the Reporter is satisfied that either—

(i) the individual has a good reason for not physically attending the panel or hearing, or

(ii) the individual would be better able to effectively participate in the panel or hearing by attending by electronic means rather than by physically attending it.

(3) In this rule—

“children’s hearing” includes part of a children’s hearing,

“electronic means” includes telephone and video link.]