Part II Promotion of Children’s Welfare by Local Authorities and by Children’s Hearings etc.
Chapter 2 Children’s Hearings
Qualifications, employment and duties of reporters
I140 Qualification and employment of reporters.
1
The qualifications of a reporter shall be such as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
2
A reporter shall not, without the consent of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, be employed by a local authority.
3
The Secretary of State may make regulations in relation to the functions of any reporter under this Act and the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.
4
The Secretary of State F1. . . may—
a
by regulations empower a reporter, whether or not he is an advocate or solicitor, to conduct before a sheriff any proceedings which under this Chapter or Chapter 3 of this Part of this Act are heard by the sheriff;
b
prescribe such requirements as they think fit as to qualifications, training or experience necessary for a reporter to be so empowered.
5
In this section, “reporter” means—
a
the Principal Reporter; or
b
any officer of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration to whom there is delegated, under section 131(1) of the M2Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, any of the functions which the Principal Reporter has under this or any other enactment.