The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children's Hearings) Rules 2013 No. 194

[F1 Part 5 S Attendance

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5 substituted (26.7.2021) by The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Amendment Rules 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/68), rules 1, 2(4)

Exclusion S

Exclusion from children’s hearing or pre-hearing panel S

20D.— (1) The chairing member may exclude from a pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing, for as long as is necessary—

(a) any person whose conduct at the panel or hearing is—

(i) violent or abusive, or

(ii) otherwise so disruptive that, unless the person is excluded, the chairing member would consider it necessary to end or adjourn the panel or hearing,

(b) any person mentioned in paragraph (3) if, in the chairing member’s opinion, the person’s presence—

(i) is preventing, or likely to prevent, the panel or hearing from obtaining the views of a relevant person, or

(ii) is causing, or likely to cause, significant distress to a relevant person attending the hearing.

(2) After the exclusion has ended, the chairing member must explain to the person what has taken place in the person’s absence.

(3) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) a relevant person,

(b) a person representing a relevant person,

(c) a representative of a newspaper or news agency.]