2012 No. 252 (C. 23)
Children And Young Persons

The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2012

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 206(2) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 20111.

Citation and commencement1.

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 day2.

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

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