Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 Explanatory Notes

Schedule 5 – Minor and consequential amendments

406.Schedule 5 is introduced by section 203(1) and makes consequential amendments to certain enactments. Power to make further consequential amendment is provided by sections 195 and 204.

Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.47)

407.Paragraph (1) makes provision relating to children’s legal aid.

Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36)

408.Paragraph (2) provides for amendments to sections of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 which remain in force after the commencement of this Act.

Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8)

409.Paragraph 3 makes consequential amendments to the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004. These amendments provide that the sheriff must provide a “section 12 statement” setting out which ground for referral the sheriff considers applies in relation to the child, why the ground applies and any other information about the child that may be relevant.

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