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.

It shall be the duty of the F2Principal 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 F3the Principal 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 F2Principal ReporterF4to which the case stands referred.

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.

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 F5or 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 F6or of an authority within the meaning of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 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 F7or other authority to ensure the transfer of the child to the place notified to them by the F2Principal Reporter.