PART 7

SPECIAL APPEAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 32

APPEALS BY STATED CASE UNDER PART 15 OF THE CHILDREN’S HEARINGS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2011

Application and interpretation of this Chapter
32.1
1
This Chapter applies to an appeal by stated case under section 163(1) (appeals to sheriff principal and Court of Session: children’s hearings etc.), 164(1) (appeals to sheriff principal and Court of Session: relevant persons), 165(1) (appeals to sheriff principal and Court of Session: contact and permanence orders) and 167(1) (appeals to sheriff principal: section 166) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 .
2
In this Chapter, “parties” means the parties specified in rule 3.59(2) of the Act of Sederunt (Child Care and Maintenance Rules) 1997 (appeals: applications for stated case) .
2011 asp 1. Section 164 was amended by the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 16), section 26(3). Sections 163, 164, 165 and 167 are prospectively amended by the Children (Scotland) Act 2020, section 27(1) to (6).
S.I. 1997/291, last amended by S.S.I. 2019/147. Rule 3.59 was last amended by S.S.I. 2016/194.
Para. 32.1 in force at 6.1.2022, see para. 1.1(2)