(1)A children’s hearing or . . . F1 court, in exercising any jurisdiction under this Part of this Act in respect of a child, may proceed in the absence of the child or his parent or both.
(2)It shall be the duty of the reporter at any children’s hearing arranged for the purposes of section 72 of this Act and of the clerk to any . . . F1 court referring a case to a reporter for the purposes of section 73 of this Act to ensure that all documents relating to the case or certified copies thereof are transmitted to the . . . F1 court or, as the case may be, to the reporter to which the case stands referred.
(3)Where a child is to be transferred from a residential establishment in Scotland to any place in England or Wales or in Northern Ireland under this Part of this Act, it shall be the duty of the local authority responsible for the child to ensure the transfer of the child to that place.
(4)Where a children’s hearing is arranged under this Part of this Act in respect of a child subject to an . . . F1 training school order [F2or order under section 74(3) of this Act relating to a training school] or committed to the care of a local authority in England or Wales or of a welfare authority in Northern Ireland, it shall be the duty of the managers . . . F1 of the training school or, as the case may be, of that local or welfare authority to ensure the transfer of the child to the place notified to them by the reporter.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54, SIF 20), s. 73(4)(d), Sch. 6
F2Words inserted by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54, SIF 20), s. 73(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 62
Modifications etc. (not altering text)