The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013

Notifying decision of section 45 or 46 (review of children’s hearing where child in place of safety or order prevents removal of child) hearing

91.—(1) The Reporter must as soon as practicable after the hearing held by virtue of section 45 or 46 of the Act give to the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) the information mentioned in paragraph (3).

(2) Those persons are—

(a) the child in respect of whom the child protection order is made;

(b) each relevant person;

(c) any individual other than a relevant person who appears to the Reporter to have or recently have had significant involvement in the upbringing of the child;

(d) the person who applied for the child protection order or child assessment order, as the case may be;

(e) the person specified in the child protection order under section 37(2)(a) (child protection orders) of the Act;

(f) any other person prescribed by rules of court for the purposes of section 48 (application for variation or termination) or 49 (notice of application for variation or termination) of the Act;

(g) any appointed safeguarder.

(3) That information is—

(a) the decision of the children’s hearing;

(b) the reasons for that decision;

(c) where the children’s hearing’s decision was to continue the child protection order, the right of those persons in paragraph (2) to make an application to the sheriff under section 48(1) of the Act to vary the order or under section 48(2) of the Act to terminate the order.

(4) The Reporter must give to the persons mentioned in paragraph (5) the information mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) and (b).

(5) Those persons are—

(a) the chief social work officer of the relevant local authority for the child;

(b) any person who under the child protection order is responsible for providing any service, support, or accommodation in respect of the child