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Social Work (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 1.4.1997)

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Contents: 3 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Jurisdiction of children’s hearing where child attains age of 16 years after commencement of hearing .
  3. 2 Citation.

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3 provisions

Title and introductory text

Social Work (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 1.4.1997) 1972 c.24

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1 Jurisdiction of children’s hearing where child attains age of 16 years after commencement of hearing .

In Part III of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (children in need of compulsory measures of care), in section 30 (definition of child, etc.) there shall be added the following subsection— (3) Where a child attains the age of sixteen years after the date on which a children’s hearing first sit to consider his case, but before the date of the conclusion of the proceedings on his case, the provisions of this Part of this Act and of any statutory instrument made thereunder shall continue to apply to him in relation to that case as if he had not attained that age.

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2 Citation.

This Act may be cited as the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1972, and the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and this Act may be cited together as the Social Work (Scotland) Acts 1968 and 1972.

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