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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Places of Safety) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 17 December 2021.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019.
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There must be recorded in relation to any use by a constable of the power in section 28(2) of the Act (power to take child to and keep them in a place of safety)—
(a) the nature and circumstances of the incident giving rise to the use of the power,
(b) the nature of the evidence that the child was behaving or was likely to behave in a way that caused or risked causing significant harm to another person,
(c) the nature and location of each place of safety used,
(d) the dates and times at which the child arrived at each place of safety,
(e) the dates and times at which the child left each place of safety, except for a place of safety which was the home of a family member or friend of the child,
(f) if the child was kept at any time in a place of safety which was a police station, the reasons why it was not considered reasonably practicable to keep the child in a place of safety other than a police station at that time,
(g) if the child was kept at any time in a cell within a police station—
(i) the reasons why it was not considered reasonably practicable for the child to be kept elsewhere within the police station at that time,
(ii) the length of time for which the child was so kept.
CLARE HAUGHEY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th November 2021