| Guvnor

Enforced by: Care Inspectorate
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.007 Register of solicitors for section 22B of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must establish and maintain a register of solicitors for vulnerable witness casesCrown / Minister / Government department

s.023 Funding for alternative dispute resolution Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must fund alternative dispute resolution for children disputesCrown / Minister / Government department

s.024 Pilot scheme for mandatory alternative dispute resolution meetings Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must run a time-limited ADR pilot for child court casesCrown / Minister / Government department

s.031 Review of children's ability to participate Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Scottish Ministers must review children's participation and reportCrown / Minister / Government department

31 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Proceedings under Children (Scotland) Act 1995

s.002 Proceedings under Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007

s.003 Proceedings under Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

s.004 Vulnerable witnesses: prohibition of personal conduct of case

s.005 Vulnerable witnesses: requirement to consider special measures without application in certain cases

s.006 Hearing to ascertain if case involves vulnerable witnesses

s.008 Vulnerable parties

s.009 Establishment of register

s.010 Regulation of provision of contact services

s.011 Referrals by solicitors to contact services

s.012 Arrangements for contact services

s.013 Promotion of contact between looked after children and siblings

s.014 Duty to consider contact when making etc. compulsory supervision order

s.015 Clarification of order-making power

s.016 Factors to be considered before making order

s.017 Curators ad litem

s.018 Duty to consider child's best interests when allowing access to information

s.019 Local authority reporters

s.020 Explanation of decisions to the child

s.021 Duty to ensure availability of child advocacy services

s.022 Failure to obey order

s.025 Opportunity to participate in hearing

s.026 Appeal against relevant person decision

s.027 Appeals to Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session

s.028 Conferral of parental responsibilities and parental rights: births registered outwith UK

s.029 Extension to sheriff of enforcement powers under Family Law Act 1986

s.030 Delay in proceedings likely to prejudice child's welfare

s.032 Power to replace descriptions with actual dates

s.033 Ancillary provision

s.034 Commencement

s.035 Short title

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Children (Scotland) Act 2020

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