Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8)

Part 2 S Antisocial behaviour orders

Orders in respect of children S

13 Sheriff’s power to make parenting order S

(1) Where a sheriff makes an antisocial behaviour order in respect of a child, the sheriff may, where subsection (2) applies, make a parenting order in respect of a parent of the child.

(2) This subsection applies where—

(a) the sheriff is satisfied that the making of the order is desirable in the interests of preventing the child from engaging in further antisocial behaviour; and

(b) the Scottish Ministers have notified the court that the local authority for the area in which the parent ordinarily resides has made arrangements that would enable the order to be complied with.

(3) In this section—

• “parent” has the meaning given by section 117; and

• “parenting order” has the meaning given by section 103(1).