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Family Law

The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 - Safeguarders fees, expenses and allowances

The aim of this consultation paper is to gather views from all interested parties on proposals for the remuneration of Safeguarders.

The Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 - A technical consultation on the draft regulations

The draft Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 set out all the regulations relating to the calculation of maintenance for the purposes of the new statutory child maintenance scheme.  They set out the rules relating to the calculation of maintenance, including how income is determined, and the circumstances in which those rules may be varied. They also include provisions about applications for a maintenance calculation and decision making in relation to the making and adjusting of the calculation.

The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011: Procedural Rules

Consultation inviting comments on draft procedural rules for the children's hearings system.

The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011: Various pieces of secondary legislation to support implementation of the 2011 Act

The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 received Royal Assent in January 2011 ("the 2011 Act"). The 2011 Act aims to strengthen and modernise the Children's Hearings system and brings into one place most of the children's hearings related legislation.  A wide range of secondary legislation will support the implementation of the  2011 Act and this particular consultation deals with four smaller pieces of secondary legislation that would not necessarily merit a full consultation.

exercise in their own right.