The Children’s Hearings (Legal Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2009
These Rules made under sections 42(1) and (2)(a), (b), (d) and (i) and 103(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 amend the Children’s Hearings (Legal Representation) (Scotland) Rules 2002 (“the principal Rules”) to permit legal representatives for relevant persons to be appointed by a business meeting or Children’s Hearings and for legal representatives to attend Children’s Hearings.