Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1)

Part 6 Investigation and referral to children’s hearing

Provision of information to Principal Reporter

65 Provision of information by constable: child in place of safety

(1) Subsection (2) applies where a constable informs the Principal Reporter under subsection (5) of section 43 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46) that—

(a) a child is being kept in a place of safety under subsection (4) of that section, and

(b) it has been decided not to proceed with the charge against the child.

(2) The Principal Reporter may direct—

(a) that the child be released from the place of safety, or

(b) that the child continue to be kept in the place of safety until the Principal Reporter makes a determination under section 66(2).