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Consequential modifications

8Amendment of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

(1)The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 62(5) (provision of information by the court)—

(a)the word “or” immediately following paragraph (o) is repealed,

(b)after paragraph (p) insert—

(q)an application for the making, variation, discharge or extension of—

(i)a female genital mutilation protection order (as defined in section 5A(1) of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005), or

(ii)an interim female genital mutilation protection order (as defined in section 6 of that Act),

(r)proceedings in which a court makes, varies, discharges or extends such an order as is mentioned in paragraph (q)(i) or (ii) by virtue of section 5E, 5F, 5M(5) or, as the case may be, 5N(7) of that Act (power to make, vary, discharge or extend orders without application),

(s)proceedings in which a court makes such an order as is mentioned in paragraph (q)(i) by virtue of section 5J(2) of that Act (power to make orders on sentencing etc.),

(t)proceedings in which a court makes a reference to the Lord Advocate by virtue of section 5K(2) of that Act (references by criminal court to the Lord Advocate), or

(u)proceedings relating to an offence under section 5Q or 5R of that Act (offences of breaching order or equivalent UK order)..