Rewrite section 37(2) removal power
Orkney Inquiry · The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 · Issued 27 October 1992
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Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, Summary of Recommendations, no. 37
Section 37(2) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 should be re-written so as expressly to empower removal of a child where the child is likely to suffer imminent and significant harm of any kind and the removal is necessary for the child’s protection (16.1-6).
Orkney Inquiry, The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 · 27 Oct 1992 Source PDF, page 355 →
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