Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5)

Part 1 Children’s hearings system

1 Age 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(b) subsections (3) to (9) are repealed.