The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Compulsory Supervision Order Reports in Applications for Permanence Orders) Regulations 2014

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Compulsory Supervision Order Reports in Applications for Permanence Orders) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 2nd June 2014.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2011 Act” means the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011(1); and

“implementation authority” has the meaning given by section 83(1)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Compulsory supervision order report

3.—(1) The information prescribed for the purposes of section 95(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 to be contained in the report prepared by the children’s hearing is—

(a) the terms of the proposed compulsory supervision order and the reason for making it;

(b) the terms of any current compulsory supervision order;

(c) the terms of any proposed variation of any current compulsory supervision order and the reasons for making that variation; and

(d) the record of the proceedings of the children’s hearing prepared in accordance with rule 13 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013(2).

(2) In paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c) “terms” includes—

(a) any requirement contained in the compulsory supervision order under section 83(2)(h) of the 2011 Act;

(b) any residence requirement contained in the compulsory supervision order under section 83(2)(a) of the 2011 Act; and

(c) any duties imposed on the implementation authority and specified in the compulsory supervision order under section 83(2)(i) of the 2011 Act.

Revocation

4.  The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Supervision Requirement Reports in Applications for Permanence Orders) Regulations 2009(3) are revoked.

AILEEN CAMPBELL

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

23rd April 2014