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RestrictStartDate="2018-01-25"><Number>Chapter 3</Number><Title> Protection and supervision of Children</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/36/part/II/chapter/3/crossheading/referral-to-and-disposal-of-case-by-childrens-hearing" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/36/part/II/chapter/3/crossheading/referral-to-and-disposal-of-case-by-childrens-hearing" NumberOfProvisions="14" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." id="part-II-chapter-3-crossheading-referral-to-and-disposal-of-case-by-childrens-hearing" RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24"><Title> Referral to, and disposal of case by, children’s hearing</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2013-06-24"><Title> Application to sheriff to establish grounds of referral.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/36/section/68" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/36/section/68" id="section-68"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-3867fcb93b6b746a0f2e2ee95180cf25"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-8cdc7c1aba741c1decee0096438a073b"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-8d459ea3fa37a641ced7ed3a532a1638"/>68</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-8d459ea3fa37a641ced7ed3a532a1638" Type="C"><Para><Text>Ss. 39-74: savings for effects of 2011 asp 1, sch. 6 (24.6.2013) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150" id="clj0a8rl2-00809" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="150" Title="The Children s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Transitional, Savings and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2013">The Children s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Transitional, Savings and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/150)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="clj0a8rl2-00810" CitationRef="clj0a8rl2-00809" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150/article/1/1" SectionRef="article-1-1">arts. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="clj0a8rl2-00811" CitationRef="clj0a8rl2-00809" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150/article/13" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150/article/18" StartSectionRef="article-13" EndSectionRef="article-18" Operative="true">13-18</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="clj0a8rl2-00812" CitationRef="clj0a8rl2-00809" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150/article/25" SectionRef="article-25">25</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="clj0a8rl2-00813" CitationRef="clj0a8rl2-00809" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150/article/28" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150/article/30" StartSectionRef="article-28" EndSectionRef="article-30">28-30</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="clj0a8rl2-00814" CitationRef="clj0a8rl2-00809" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150/article/4/2" SectionRef="article-4-2">art. 4(2)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/195" id="clj0a8rl2-00815" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="195">S.S.I. 2013/195</Citation></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-8cdc7c1aba741c1decee0096438a073b" Type="C"><Para><Text>Ss. 39-74: saving for effects of 2011 asp 1, sch. 6 (24.6.2013) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1465" id="clj0a8rl2-00833" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="1465" Title="The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2013">The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1465)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="clj0a8rl2-00834" CitationRef="clj0a8rl2-00833" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1465/article/1/2" SectionRef="article-1-2">arts. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="clj0a8rl2-00835" CitationRef="clj0a8rl2-00833" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1465/article/4/2" SectionRef="article-4-2" Operative="true">4(2)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-3867fcb93b6b746a0f2e2ee95180cf25" Type="F"><Para><Text>Ss. 39-43, 45-74 repealed (S.) (24.6.2013) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/1" id="clj2f0fx2-00006" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2011" Number="1" Title="Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011">Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="clj2f0fx2-00007" CitationRef="clj2f0fx2-00006" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/1/section/206/2" SectionRef="section-206-2">s. 206(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="clj2f0fx2-00008" CitationRef="clj2f0fx2-00006" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/1/schedule/6" SectionRef="schedule-6" Operative="true">sch. 6</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="clj2f0fx2-00009" CitationRef="clj2f0fx2-00006" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2011/1/section/186" SectionRef="section-186">s. 186</CitationSubRef>) (as amended to exclude s. 44 from the range of repealed provisions (30.9.2015) by Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 8), s. 102(3), Sch. 5 para. 12(10)(a); S.S.I. 2015/317, art. 2, Sch.) (with savings and transitional provisions in <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/150" id="clj2f0fx2-00010" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="150">S.S.I. 2013/150</Citation>, arts. 13-18, 25, 28-30); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/195" id="clj2f0fx2-00014" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="195" Title="The Children s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2013">S.S.I. 2013/195</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="clj2f0fx2-00015" CitationRef="clj2f0fx2-00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/195/article/2" SectionRef="article-2">arts. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="clj2f0fx2-00016" CitationRef="clj2f0fx2-00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2013/195/article/3/e/ii" SectionRef="article-3-e-ii">3(e)(ii)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>