Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

168Enforcement of orders

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(1)Subsection (2) applies where a relevant order authorising the keeping of a child in a particular place (an “authorised place”) is in force in relation to a child.

(2)An officer of law may enforce the order—

(a)by searching for and apprehending the child,

(b)by taking the child to the authorised place,

(c)where—

(i)it is not reasonably practicable to take the child immediately to the authorised place, and

(ii)the authorised place is not a place of safety,

by taking the child to and detaining the child in a place of safety for as short a period of time as is practicable, and

(d)so far as is necessary, by breaking open shut and lockfast places.

(3)In this section, “relevant order” means—

(a)a child assessment order,

(b)a child protection order,

(c)an order under section 55,

(d)a compulsory supervision order,

(e)an interim compulsory supervision order,

(f)a medical examination order.