The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Amendment Rules 2022
These Rules amend the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013 (“the 2013 Rules”) in consequence of section 42 of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8). That section modifies the duty that section 6(3)(a) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) imposes on the National Convener of Children’s Hearings Scotland to ensure that every children’s hearing includes both male and female members. It qualifies the duty to allow for it not being practicable in every case for a hearing to have both male and female members.