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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 252 (C. 23)

Children And Young Persons

The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012

Made

12th September 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

14th September 2012

Coming into force

19th September 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 206(2) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012 and comes into force on 19th September 2012.

Appointed day

2.  19th September 2012 is the appointed day for the coming into force of paragraph 10(2)(a) of schedule 1 to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.

AILEEN CAMPBELL

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th September 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 19th September 2012 paragraph 10(2)(a) of schedule 1 to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 providing that the function of the National Convener under paragraph 24 of schedule 1 to that Act (National Convener’s annual report) may not be delegated.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 received Royal Assent on 6th January 2011 and Part 20 (other than section 203) came into force on that day. The provisions of the Act commenced by earlier commencement orders are detailed in the table below.

Provision

Date of Commencement

S.S.I. No.

Section 1 and schedule 1, paragraph 8(7)19th January 20112011/8
Sections 2, 3 (partially), 10, 11, 12, 13 and schedule 1, paragraphs 1 to 7, 8(1) to (6) and (8) to (10), 9, 11, 15(1) to (5), 16, 17(1) and 18 to 2518th April 20112011/111
Section 191 (partially)31st January 2012 and 26th March 20122012/1
Section 203(1) (partially) and schedule 5, paragraph 1(8)(a) and (b)31st January 20122012/1
Section 3213th February 20122012/23
Section 3 (partially), section 4 (partially), schedule 1, paragraphs 10(1), 10(3) and 10(6), 12(1) to (3) and (7), 13(1) to (4) and (7) and 14(2) and (6) to (8) and schedule 2, paragraphs 1(1) and 419th September 20122012/246