[F2(1)Without prejudice to section 6B(1) of this Act, the Secretary of State may cause an inquiry to be held into—
(a)the functions of a local authority under this Act or any of the enactments mentioned in section 5(1B) of this Act;
(b)the functions of an adoption society, within the meaning of [F3section 119(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4) ];
(c)F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)the detention of a child under—
(i) section 57 of the M1 Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937; or
[F5(ii) section 44 or 208 of the M2 Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; ] F6...
(e) the functions of the Principal Reporter under Part III of the M3 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994, the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 or any other enactment. ]
[F7; or
(f)the functions conferred on the National Convener of Children’s Hearings Scotland by virtue of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1).]
(2)The Secretary of State may, before an inquiry is commenced, direct that it shall be held in private, but where no such direction has been given the person holding the inquiry may if he thinks fit hold it or any part of it in private.
(3) Subsections (2) to (8) of section 210 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act M4 1973 (powers in relation to local inquiries) shall apply in relation to an inquiry under this section as they apply in relation to a local inquiry under that section. ]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 6A inserted (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 54
F2S. 6A(1) substituted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(7) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))
F3Words in s. 6A(1)(b) substituted (28.9.2009) by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), s. 121(2), sch. 2 para. 2(3); S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2)
F4S. 6A(1)(c) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2001 asp 8, s. 80(1)(2), Sch. 4; S.S.I. 2002/162, art. 2 (with arts. 3-13)
F5S. 6A(1)(d)(ii) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)
F6Word in s. 6A(1) inserted (18.4.2011) by Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential Provision) and Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Amendment of Specified Authorities) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/186), arts. 1, 2(a)
F7S. 6A(1)(f) and words inserted (18.4.2011) by Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential Provision) and Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Amendment of Specified Authorities) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/186), arts. 1, 2(b)
Marginal Citations
M41973 c. 65 (81:2).