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The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Nigeria (Scotland) Order 2021

As Enacted Cited authorities 6 Cited in Related
Vincent
JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2021/30
Year2021

2021 No. 30

Children And Young Persons

The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Nigeria (Scotland) Order 2021

Made 20th January 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22th January 2021

Coming into force 12th March 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(3) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 20071and all other powers enabling them to do so.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Nigeria (Scotland) Order 2021 and comes into force on 12 March 2021.

S-2 Declaration of special restrictions

Declaration of special restrictions

2. Special restrictions2apply in relation to the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Nigeria in the cases mentioned in section 62(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

MAREE TODD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

20th January 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order applies the special restrictions which are set out in section 64(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Act”) in relation to the adoption of children from Nigeria. As a result, the Scottish Ministers will not be permitted to take any steps to further the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Nigeria for the purposes of adoption, unless they are satisfied that they should do so under section 64(2) of the Act.

(1) 2007 asp 4.
(2) “Special restrictions” are defined in section 64(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

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