Cross-Border Placements Regulations: equality impact assessment
Equality impact assessment (EQIA) for the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Effect of Deprivation of Liberty Orders) Regulations 2022.
Title of Policy
The Cross-border Placements (Effect of Deprivation of Liberty Orders) (Scotland) Regulations 2022
Summary of aims and desired outcomes of Policy
The purpose of the Regulations is to make provision for Deprivation of Liberty (DOL) orders made under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court of England and Wales or made by the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland to be recognised in Scots law. The Regulations provide for a DOL order to be treated as if it were a Compulsory Supervision Order (CSO) made under the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act ("the 2011 Act") for specified purposes and subject to certain conditions.
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