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Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 - part 4 – Police Investigatory and Other Powers: statutory guidance on the use of a place of safety

Published: 2 September 2021
Directorate: Children and Families Directorate, +1 more … Justice Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Equality and rights, Law and order
ISBN: 9781802012637

This statutory guidance contains information for the Police Service of Scotland and local authorities in relation to the use of power conferred by the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 to take a child under the age of 12 to a place of safety.

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Footnotes

1 Section 72(2) of the Act.

2 As set out in Pages 30-36 of the nationaltraumatrainingframework.pdf (transformingpsychologicaltrauma.scot)

3 parent" includes guardian and any person who has care of the relevant child, (except where provided otherwise: see section 40(7) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/7/section/40/enacted)

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Email: youth.justice@gov.scot

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