The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Compulsory Supervision Order Reports in Applications for Permanence Orders) Regulations 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the information which must be contained in the report prepared by the children’s hearing under section 95 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. The report must be prepared where the children’s hearing proposes to make a compulsory supervision order or vary (other than by interim variation) an existing compulsory supervision order in respect of a child who is the subject of an application for a permanence order or for the variation of such an order. The report by the children’s hearing is prepared for the court to which the permanence order application has been made.

Under regulation 3(1) the report must contain the terms of the proposed new compulsory supervision order, any existing order and any proposed variation to an existing order. The report must state the reasons for making a new compulsory supervision order or varying an existing one. The report must also contain the record of the proceedings of the children’s hearing prepared by the Principal Reporter under rule 13 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013. Under regulation 3(2) the terms of a compulsory supervision order in regulation 3(1) includes any conditions, residence requirements or duties imposed on implementation authorities which are contained in the compulsory supervision order.

Regulation 4 revokes the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Supervision Requirement Reports in Applications for Permanence Orders) Regulations 2009 which these Regulations replace.