General attendance at hearings of certain parents of the child (not relevant persons) and specific limited right of duly authorised officials etc.
12.—(1) A father of the child as described in rule 5(3)(b) shall be entitled to attend at all stages of the children’s hearing while the hearing are considering the case of the child but shall be subject to the same provisions as those contained in section 46 of the Act as if those provisions apply to him.
(2) A constable, prison officer or other person duly authorised who has in his lawful custody a person who has to attend a children’s hearing shall be entitled to be present at the hearing for the purposes of escorting that person.