Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Version in vigour from 2018-12-21 to )

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Coming into Force	21 December 2018

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Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
Part 1: Adoption

The adoption service

1: Duty of local authority to provide adoption service
2: Carrying out of duties imposed by section 1
3: Adoption service: regulations: The Scottish Ministers may by regulations—
4: Local authority plans
5: Guidance
6: Assistance in carrying out functions under section 1
7: Meaning of “adoption service” in Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001
8: Adoption agencies: regulations about carrying out of functions

Adoption support services

9: Assessment of needs for adoption support services
10: Provision of services
11: Urgent provision
12: Power to provide payment to person entitled to adoption support service

Regulations

13: Regulations

13A: Scotland's Adoption Register

13B: Registration organisation

13C: Supply of information for the Register

13D: Disclosure of information

13E: Fees and other payments: Regulations made under section 13A(2) may prescribe—

13F: Use of an organisation as agency for payments

13G: Supplementary
Preliminary

14: Considerations applying to the exercise of powers

Pre-adoption requirements

15: Child to live with adopters before adoption order made
16: Home visits
17: Reports where child placed by agency
18: Notification to local authority of adoption application
19: Notice under section 18: local authority's duties

Restrictions on removal of children placed for adoption

20: Restrictions on removal: child placed for adoption with consent
21: Restrictions on removal: notice of intention to adopt given
22: Restrictions on removal: application for adoption order pending
23: Restrictions on removal of child looked after by local authority

Return of children

24: Return of child removed in breach of certain provisions
25: Return of child placed for adoption by adoption agency

Adoption not proceeding: arrangements

26: Looked after children: adoption not proceeding

Contravention of sections 30 to 36 of 2002 Act

27: Contravention of sections 30 to 36 of 2002 Act

The making of adoption orders

28: Adoption orders
29: Adoption by certain couples
30: Adoption by one person
31: Parental etc. consent
32: Consent of child aged 12 or over
33: Restrictions on making orders
34: Contravention of section 72 no bar to making order

Effect of order on existing rights etc.

35: Effect of order on existing rights etc.

Revocation of supervision requirement

36: Revocation of compulsory supervision order on making of adoption order

Adoption records

37: Information to be kept about adoptions: The Scottish Ministers may make regulations for or in connection with specifying—
38: Disclosure of information kept under relevant enactment

39: Meaning of “adoption” in Chapter 3

40: Status conferred by adoption

41: Miscellaneous enactments

42: Pensions
43: Insurance

44: Succession and inter vivos deeds: Section 40 does not affect the law relating to adopted persons in respect of—

Adoption support plans

45: Adoption support plans
46: Duration
47: Family member's right to require review of plan
48: Other cases where authority under duty to review plan

Reassessment

49: Reassessment of needs for adoption support services

Directions

50: Implementation of plans: directions

Guidance

51: Guidance

Regulations

52: Regulations about reviews of adoption support plans

53: Adopted Children Register and index

54: Searches and extracts

55: Connections between the register and birth records

56: Admissibility of extracts as evidence

57: Interpretation of Chapter 5

Restrictions on movement of children

58: Restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom
59: Preliminary order where child to be adopted abroad
60: Restriction on removal of children for adoption outwith Great Britain
61: Regulations under section 58: offences

Adoptions from abroad: special restrictions

62: Declaration of special restrictions on adoptions from abroad
63: Review
64: The special restrictions
65: Imposition of extra conditions in certain cases

Charging

66: Power to charge

Overseas adoptions etc.

67: Meaning of “overseas adoption”
68: Annulment and recognition
69: Section 68: supplementary provision
70: Effect of determinations and orders made outwith Scotland

Adoption allowances

71: Adoption allowances schemes

Prohibited payments

72: Prohibition of certain payments
73: Excepted payments

Disclosure of medical information about parents

74: Disclosure of medical information about parents

Restrictions on arranging adoptions and placing for adoption

75: Restriction on arranging adoptions and placing children
76: Adoption societies which are not registered adoption services

Effect of orders, and placing for adoption, under 2002 Act

77: Effect of certain orders made in England and Wales
78: Effect of placing for adoption etc. under 2002 Act
79: Further consequences of placement and placement orders

Part 2: Permanence orders

The making of permanence orders

80: Permanence orders
81: Permanence orders: mandatory provision
82: Permanence orders: ancillary provisions
83: Order granting authority for adoption: conditions
84: Conditions and considerations applicable to making of order
85: Child in respect of whom order may be made
86: Representations

Effect of order

87: Effect of order on existing parental right: The making of a permanence order extinguishes the parental right mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of section 2 of the 1995 Act of—
88: Effect of order on existing orders

Revocation of supervision requirement

89: Revocation of compulsory supervision order on making of permanence order

Precedence

90: Precedence of certain other orders

Exercise of parental right under order

91: Exercise of...

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