Government response Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery No statement from the addressee found

Recommendation 142: Transfer processing of Orders to Sheriff

From The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991, published 27 October 1992.

Recommendation

The processing of Child Protection Orders should be transferred from the Children’s Hearing to the Sheriff with certain consequential changes in the procedure of referral (18.21).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 360
Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 142

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Report The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 27 Oct 1992
Recommendation made 34.0 years ago