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DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/3"><ContentsNumber>3</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Recruitment and selection of members of the Safeguarders Panel</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2012/54/regulation/4" RestrictStartDate="2012-03-26" RestrictExtent="S" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/4"><ContentsNumber>4</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Safeguarders under 2001 Regulations: recruitment to the Safeguarders Panel</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2012/54/regulation/5" RestrictStartDate="2012-03-26" RestrictExtent="S" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/5"><ContentsNumber>5</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Appointment of members to, and disqualification from, the Safeguarders Panel</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem 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Panel</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2012/54/regulation/9" RestrictStartDate="2012-03-26" RestrictExtent="S" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/9"><ContentsNumber>9</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Content of Training</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-10" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2012/54/regulation/10" RestrictStartDate="2012-03-26" RestrictExtent="S" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/10"><ContentsNumber>10</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Payment of fees, expenses and allowances to members and potential members of the Safeguarders Panel</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-11" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2012/54/regulation/11" RestrictStartDate="2016-04-25" RestrictExtent="S" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/11"><ContentsNumber>11</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Operation and management of the Safeguarders Panel</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem><ContentsItem ContentRef="regulation-12" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2012/54/regulation/12" RestrictStartDate="2016-04-25" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/12" RestrictExtent="S"><ContentsNumber>12</ContentsNumber><ContentsTitle>Sharing of safeguarder reports</ContentsTitle></ContentsItem></Contents><Secondary><SecondaryPrelims DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/introduction" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2012/54/introduction" RestrictStartDate="2012-03-26" RestrictExtent="S"><Number>2012 No. 54</Number><SubjectInformation><Subject><Title>Children And Young Persons</Title></Subject></SubjectInformation><Title>The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Safeguarders Panel) Regulations 2012</Title><MadeDate><Text>Made</Text><DateText>21st February 2012</DateText></MadeDate><LaidDate><Text>Laid before the Scottish Parliament</Text><DateText>23rd February 2012</DateText></LaidDate><ComingIntoForce><Text>Coming into force</Text><DateText>26th March 2012</DateText></ComingIntoForce><SecondaryPreamble><EnactingText><Para><Text>The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section<Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>32(2) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> and all other powers enabling them to do so.</Text></Para></EnactingText></SecondaryPreamble></SecondaryPrelims></Secondary><Footnotes><Footnote id="f00001">
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/1" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2011" Number="0001">2011 asp 1</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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