The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Movement Restriction Conditions) Regulations 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, made under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 and the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, make provision regarding the arrangements for monitoring compliance with a movement restriction condition within a compulsory supervision order or an interim compulsory supervision order.

Regulation 1(2) revokes the Intensive Support and Monitoring (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/75). Regulation 1(3) revokes regulation 5(c) of the Restriction of Liberty Order etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/6).

Regulation 3 makes provision in connection with a child’s plan which must be prepared by the implementation authority as part of the monitoring arrangements imposed as part of a movement restriction condition.

Regulations 4 and 5 make provision in connection with the designation of persons or variation of designation for the purposes of monitoring a child’s compliance with a movement restriction condition and the intervals at which such compliance must be reviewed.

Regulation 6 provides for certain restrictions and monitoring arrangements which must be imposed as part of a movement restriction condition and others which may be so imposed.

Regulation 7 prescribes the methods of monitoring permitted for the monitoring of compliance of a child with the restrictions and requirements of a movement restriction condition.

Regulation 8 provides that the devices that may be used for the monitoring of compliance of a child with the restrictions and requirements of a movement restriction condition are those listed in S.S.I. 2013/6.