Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (Scotland, UK)
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Police protection orders
Emergency Protection Orders under section 44 of the Children Act 1989, removing child from family to safe place, withholding passport of parents and the child
Source
NSPCC (Oct. 2011); http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/36/contents/enacted
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