The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Amendment Rules 2021
These Rules make changes to the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013 (“the Rules”), principally as a consequence of section 25 of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 16). That section creates a new category of person within the children’s hearings process: those who are to be afforded an opportunity to participate. The opportunity to participate consists of the rights set out in section 79(5ZA) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) 2011 (“the Act”), as amended by section 25 of the 2020 Act.