(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations specify persons who may make a request to the Principal Reporter under section 179A(3) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 for information about the action taken by the Reporter in relation to certain conduct on the part of a child. The Regulations also specify the conditions under which those persons may request and receive information from the Reporter. The specified conditions restrict the manner in which the requested information may be used by the specified persons.
Regulation 4 of these Regulations revokes the Children’s Hearings (Provision of Information by Principal Reporter) (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”) which was made under section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7) (“the 2003 Act”). The 2003 Order lapsed upon the repeal of section 53 of the 2003 Act by section 27(3) of the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019.