Part 6Investigation and referral to children's hearing

Provision of information to Principal Reporter

65Provision of information by constable: child in place of safety

F1(1)

Subsection (2) applies where the Principal Reporter is informed under subsection (2) of section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 that a child is being kept in a place of safety under subsection (3) of that section.

(2)

The Principal Reporter may direct—

(a)

that the child be released from the place of safety, or

(b)

that the child continue to be kept F2in a place of safety until the Principal Reporter makes a determination under section 66(2).