Part IV

General and Supplemental

Register for child welfare reporters
101A
1
A court may only appoint as a child welfare reporter a person who is included on the register maintained in accordance with subsection (2).
2
The Scottish Ministers must establish and maintain a register of persons who may be appointed to act as a child welfare reporter.
3
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with—
a
the requirements that a person must satisfy in order to be included, and remain, on the register (including requirements as to training and qualifications),
b
the processes for including a person on, and removing a person from, the register (including appeal rights),
c
the process for how, and by whom, a registered person is to be selected as the appointed child welfare reporter in a case,
d
the remuneration by the Scottish Ministers of child welfare reporters, including expenses and outlays,
e
the operation and management of the register.
4
Before making, revising or revoking regulations under subsection (3), the Scottish Ministers must consult persons with lived experience of—
a
domestic abuse,
b
court-ordered contact.
5
Regulations under subsection (3) are subject to the negative procedure.
S. 101A inserted (25.10.2021 for specified purposes) by Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 16), ss. 9(2), 34(2); S.S.I. 2021/339, reg. 2(b)