The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2020
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2020 and comes into force on 7 September 2020.
(2)
In this Order—
“the Act” means the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.
Appointed day2.
In relation to section 122 of the Act (children’s advocacy services)—
(a)
7 September 2020 is the appointed day for the coming into force of sub-sections (4) – (7),
(b)
21 November 2020 is the appointed day for the coming into force of sub-sections (1) – (3).
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
This Order brings into force section 122 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) on 7 September 2020 (sub-sections (4) – (7)) and 21 November 2020 (sub-sections (1) to (3)). Section 122 makes provision in relation to children’s advocacy services.
The Act received Royal Assent on 6 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) | 19 January 2011 | |
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) and18 to 25 | 18 April 2011 | |
Section 191 (partially) | 31 January 2012 | |
Section 191 (fully) | 26 March 2012 | |
Section 203(1) (partially) and schedule 5, paragraph 1(8)(a) and (b) | 31 January 2012 | |
Section 32 | 13 February 2012 | |
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 | 19 September 2012 | |
Paragraph 10(2)(a) of schedule 1 | 19 September 2012 | |
Sections 3(partially), 4 (partially), 6 and schedule 1, paragraphs 10(2)(b), 10(4), 10(5) and 10(7) to (9), 12(4) to (6), 14(1) and (3) to (5) and 17(2) and schedule 2, paragraphs 1(2) to (6) and 3 | 31 March 2013 | |
Section 203(1) (partially) and schedule 5, paragraph 2(8) (partially). | 12 June 2013 | |
All provisions of the Act, so far as not then in force, other than section 122, 187, 188, 203(2), repeals in schedule 6 of the Act which relate to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, amendments and repeals related to section 44 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 | 24 June 2013 |