(1)The Scottish Ministers must compile and maintain a list of places of safety.
(2)For the purposes of compiling this list the Scottish Ministers must consult—
(a)the chief constable,
(b)each local authority,
(c)such other persons as they consider appropriate.
(3)The Scottish Ministers may modify the list compiled and maintained under subsection (1) by—
(a)including a place of safety in the list,
(b)removing a place of safety from the list.
(4)The list must include information on the times at which each place of safety listed will be available for use.
(5)The Scottish Ministers must—
(a)make the list compiled and maintained under subsection (1) available to the persons mentioned at subsection (2),
(b)publish the list in such manner as they consider appropriate.