Part 1Children’s hearings system
1Age of referral to children’s hearing
(1)
The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) is amended as follows.
(2)
In section 199 (meaning of “child”)—
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
for “16” substitute “18”
,
(ii)
for “subsections (2) to (9)” substitute “subsection (2)”
,
(b)
subsections (3) to (9) are repealed.