The Emergency Child Protection Measures (Scotland) Regulations 1996 No. 3258 (S. 248)

Duties where child subject to emergency protection measures

16.  Where a child is subject to emergency protection measures, the specified person in relation to–

(a) any relevant person in relation to the child; and

(b) any person with whom the child was living immediately before such measures were taken, shall allow, and

(c) any other person, may allow;

such contact (if any) with the child as, in the view of the specified person, is both reasonable and in accordance with the welfare of the child.