Explanatory Notes

Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

2011 asp 1

6 January 2011

Commentary on Sections

Part 7 – Attendance at Children’s Hearing

Section 76 – Power to exclude relevant person from children’s hearing

103.Subsection (3) provides that the chairing member of the Children’s Hearing must explain to each excluded person what has taken place in their absence. Section 178 provides that a Children’s Hearing can withhold information about a child from any person if the hearing considers that disclosing it would be likely to cause significant harm to the child.