Part IIIS The Principal Reporter and the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Additional functions of the Principal ReporterS

130 Annual report of Principal Reporter.S

(1)The Principal Reporter shall—

(a)as soon as possible after the 31st March following upon the coming into force of this section make a report to the Administration on the exercise and performance to that date of—

(i)his functions under [F1the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and any other enactment (except this Act) conferring functions upon him]; and

(ii)such functions as it has delegated to him under this Act; and

(b)make similar reports as to each subsequent period of twelve months ending on 31st March as soon as possible after the end of that period.

(2)If the date on which this section comes into force falls on a day after 30th September and before 31st March, the first report by the Principal Reporter under this section shall be for the period ending with the next succeeding 31st March.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 130(1)(a)(i): it is provided that for the words “the 1968 Act and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975” there is substituted “the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and any other enactment (except this Act) conferring functions upon him” (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 57; S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)

Commencement Information

I1S. 130 partly in force; s. 130 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 184(2); s. 130 in force for certain purposes at 6.4.1995 by S.I. 1995/702, art. 4(1), Sch. 2