Part II Promotion of Children’s Welfare by Local Authorities and by Children’s Hearings etc.
Chapter 2 Children’s Hearings
Constitution of children’s hearings
F4C3C239 Formation of children’s panel and children’s hearings.
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Qualifications, employment and duties of reporters
F4C3C240 Qualification and employment of reporters.
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Safeguards for children
F4C3C241 Safeguarding child’s interests in proceedings.
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Conduct of proceedings at and in connection with children’s hearing
F4C3C242 Power of Secretary of State to make rules governing procedure at children’s hearing etc.
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F4C3C243 Privacy of proceedings at and right to attend children’s hearing.
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44 Prohibition of publication of proceedings at children’s hearing.
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No person shall publish any matter in respect of proceedings before a sheriff on an application under section 76(1) of this Act which is intended to, or is likely to, identify—
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the child concerned in, or any other child connected (in any way) with, the proceedings; or
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any address or school as being that of any such child.
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Any person who contravenes subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale in respect of each such contravention.
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It shall be a defence in proceedings for an offence under this section for the accused to prove that he did not know, and had no reason to suspect, that the published matter was intended, or was likely, to identify the child or, as the case may be, the address or school.
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In this section “to publish” includes, without prejudice to the generality of that expression,—
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to publish matter in a programme service, as defined by section 201 of the M1Broadcasting Act 1990 (definition of programme service); and
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to cause matter to be published.
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The requirements of subsection (1) above may, in the interests of justice, be dispensed with by—
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the sheriff in any proceedings before him;
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The requirements of subsection (1) do not apply in relation to the publication by or on behalf of a local authority or an adoption agency (within the meaning of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4)) of information about a child for the purposes of making arrangements in relation to the child under this Act or that Act.
F4C3C245 Attendance of child and relevant person at children’s hearing.
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F4C3C246 Power to exclude relevant person from children’s hearing.
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F4C3C247 Presumption and determination of age.
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Transfer etc. of cases
F4C1C3C248 Transfer of case to another children’s hearing.
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F4C3C250 Treatment of child’s case on remission by court.
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Appeals
F4C3C251 Appeal against decision of children’s hearing or sheriff.
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