Example sentences of "[art] children [unc] hearing " in BNC.

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1 This would , however , exclude anyone who was involved in the handling of the cases then before the Children 's Hearings .
2 He indicated that , without specific application to children 's hearings , the nature of the children 's hearings system ‘ leaves [ it ] outside the benefit of this Bill ’ , and he added : ‘ It would be wrong to deny them the benefit of the Bill when , if they had committed serious offences and appeared before the courts , they would have had its protection . ’
3 Given the general background of the Bill 's legislative history , and its late application to the children 's hearings system , it is hardly surprising that there is an apparent , though fundamental , ambiguity in its provisions in relation to children 's hearings .
4 ‘ I know , ’ he stressed ‘ that within the rules of the Children 's Hearing , that the best interests of the children have been weighed , and on the balance of probabilities , the appropriate action was the right action .
5 The disposal of almost all matters concerning children in Scotland is in the remit of the Children 's Hearing system .
6 In order to understand how the Children 's Hearing system works , it is necessary to go back to the beginning and explain how it was established and how it was intended to operate .
7 There are those who feel that after twenty years the general public should be familiar enough with the rules governing child care and child protection , but perhaps the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Children 's Hearing system in 1991 was an opportune time to go back to its roots , to take a fresh look at how it works , and whether changes in society over twenty years point to the need for changes in the Scottish system of juvenile justice .
8 The Children 's Hearing system grew out of recommendations made by the Kilbrandon Committee in 1964 .
9 The Children 's Hearing System itself was not established until April 1971 , to enable the full reorganisation of social work to take place first .
10 There may be three reasons why court proceedings follow the Children 's Hearing .
11 Members of the Advisory Committee are drawn deliberately not only from those who have experience of the system , for example , former panel members , but also from people who have not previously been involved in the Children 's Hearing system at all .
12 In Orkney a number of events concerning the operation of the Children 's Hearing system caused great concern .
13 She had tried to put matters right in the proper manner from within the system , but that had n't worked , and she believed the Children 's Hearing system was at risk in Orkney .
14 This incident seems to epitomise what is believed to have gone wrong with the Children 's Hearing system in Orkney .
15 The latest possible date for the Children 's Hearing was Tuesday 5 March , and that was the date chosen by Mr Sloan .
16 He went quickly into the unpretentious terraced houses where the Children 's Hearing offices in Kirkwall are situated .
17 Both had supported the parents during the Children 's Hearing , and during the Appeal against the Place of Safety warrants .
18 The Children 's Hearing may make conditions about when you can visit your child — you have to keep to the arrangements agreed .
19 It has been put to me that when the Act comes into force on 1st May 1975 it will make a nonsense out of the children 's hearing system .
20 Reading section 4 of the Act with the other relevant interpretative sections , it is hardly surprising that a number of people connected with the children 's hearing system saw the Act as a major handicap to their work .
21 The very essence of the children 's hearing system is that a hearing , once it has jurisdiction in respect of a child , is empowered to examine the child 's entire social background in arriving at a decision as to disposal in the child 's best interests .
22 It is not too much to say that this interpretation of what appears the plain meaning of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , would make a farce out of the children 's hearing system .
23 The implications for the children 's hearing system of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , appear at first sight to be far-reaching and disastrous .
24 In short , it was thought by many that the nature of the children 's hearing system would make it unnecessary to enact rules for ‘ wiping the slate clean ’ .
25 The sad aspect of the Act is that people connected with the children 's hearing system — people certainly not lacking in intelligence or application — have been unable to unravel the mysteries of the statute .
26 TWO youths who had spiked a social worker 's toast with rat poison were yesterday referred to the Children 's Hearing for sentence .
27 THE effectiveness of the children 's hearing system in Scotland will be put to the test in a three-year research project , commissioned by the Scottish Office at a cost of £200,000 .
28 Lord Fraser expressed the government 's confidence in the system , and confirmed that the important task of considering compulsory measures of care would remain firmly with the children 's hearing .
29 ‘ It may well be that the factors which influenced the sheriff are strongly mitigating and should be given proper consideration by the children 's hearing when they come to consider the future arrangements for L on the footing that the grounds of referral are now held to be established . ’
30 He or she would decide whether cases should go on to a Children 's Hearing before the Children 's Panel , or whether to take no further action .
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