Scottish Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 252 (C. 23)
Children And Young Persons
The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012
Made 12th September 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th September 2012
Coming into force 19th September 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 206(2) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.
2011 asp 1.

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012 and comes into force on 19th September 2012.

Appointed day
2. 19th September 2012 is the appointed day for the coming into force of paragraph 10(2)(a) of schedule 1 to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.
AILEEN CAMPBELL
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th September 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 19th September 2012 paragraph 10(2)(a) of schedule 1 to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 providing that the function of the National Convener under paragraph 24 of schedule 1 to that Act (National Convener’s annual report) may not be delegated.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 received Royal Assent on 6th January 2011 and Part 20 (other than section 203) came into force on that day. The provisions of the Act commenced by earlier commencement orders are detailed in the table below.
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.S.I. No.
Section 1 and schedule 1, paragraph 8(7)	19th January 2011	2011/8
Sections 2, 3 (partially), 10, 11, 12, 13 and schedule 1, paragraphs 1 to 7, 8(1) to (6) and (8) to (10), 9, 11, 15(1) to (5), 16, 17(1) and 18 to 25	18th April 2011	2011/111
Section 191 (partially)	31st January 2012 and 26th March 2012	2012/1
Section 203(1) (partially) and schedule 5, paragraph 1(8)(a) and (b)	31st January 2012	2012/1
Section 32	13th February 2012	2012/23
Section 3 (partially), section 4 (partially), schedule 1, paragraphs 10(1), 10(3) and 10(6), 12(1) to (3) and (7), 13(1) to (4) and (7) and 14(2) and (6) to (8) and schedule 2, paragraphs 1(1) and 4	19th September 2012	2012/246