Part 5Child assessment and child protection orders
Ancillary measures
40Information non-disclosure directions
1
This section applies where the sheriff makes a child protection order in respect of a child.
2
The sheriff must consider whether to include an information non-disclosure direction in the order.
3
An information non-disclosure direction is a direction that—
a
the location of any place of safety at which the child is being kept, and
b
any other information specified in the direction relating to the child,
must not be disclosed (directly or indirectly) to any person or class of person specified in the direction.
4
An information non-disclosure direction ceases to have effect when—
a
it is terminated by a children’s hearing under section 47(1)(a)(ii) or the sheriff under section 51(5)(b), or
b
the child protection order in which it is included ceases to have effect.