(1)This section applies where the Principal Reporter is required by virtue of section 69(2) to arrange a children’s hearing in relation to a child.
(2)The Principal Reporter must prepare the statement of grounds.
(3)In this Act “statement of grounds”, in relation to a child, means a statement setting out—
(a)which of the section 67 grounds the Principal Reporter believes applies in relation to the child, and
(b)the facts on which that belief is based.