Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (2007 asp 4)
- Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (2007 asp 4)
- Part 1 Adoption
- Chapter 1 The adoption service
- 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
- 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
- CHAPTER 1A Scotland's Adoption Register
- 13A Scotland's Adoption Register
- 13B Registration organisation
- 13C Supply of information for the Register
- 13D Disclosure of information
- 13E Fees and other payments
- 13F Use of an organisation as agency for payments
- 13G Supplementary
- Chapter 2 The adoption process
- 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
- 38 Disclosure of information kept under relevant enactment
- Chapter 3 Status of adopted children
- 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
- Chapter 4 Adoption support plans
- 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
- Chapter 5 Registration
- 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
- Chapter 6 Adoptions with a foreign element
- 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
- Chapter 7 Miscellaneous
- 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
- 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 parental right under order
- Variation
- 92 Variation of ancillary provisions in order
- 93 Amendment of order to grant authority for child to be adopted
- 94 Proceedings
- Orders and supervision requirements
- 95 Duty of children's hearing to prepare report for court
- 96 Application: effect on compulsory supervision order
- 97 Interim orders and revocation of compulsory supervision order
- Revocation and variation
- 98 Revocation
- 99 Duty of local authority to apply for variation or revocation
- 100 Revocation: order under section 11 of 1995 Act
- Notification requirements
- 101 Local authority to give notice of certain matters
- Effect of subsequent adoption order on permanence order
- 102 Effect of subsequent adoption order on permanence order
- Restriction on making certain orders under 1995 Act
- 103 Restriction on making of orders under section 11 of 1995 Act
- Rules of procedure
- 104 Permanence orders: rules of procedure
- Part 3 Miscellaneous
- Provisions applicable to adoption orders and permanence orders
- 105 Notification of proposed application for order
- 106 Child subject to compulsory supervision order: duty to refer to Principal Reporter
- 107 Making of adoption order no longer to be bar to making of contact order
- 108 Rules: appointment of curators ad litem and reporting officers
- 109 Proceedings to be in private
- Care allowances: regulations
- 110 Allowances for care of certain children: regulations
- Evidence and notices
- 111 Evidence of consent
- 112 Service of notices etc.
- 113 Admissibility of certain documents as evidence
- Part 4 General
- 114 Rules of procedure
- 115 Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships
- 116 Ancillary provision
- 117 Orders and regulations
- 118 Meaning of “appropriate court”
- 119 Interpretation
- 120 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
- 121 Short title and commencement
- SCHEDULE 1 Registration of adoptions
- Registration of adoption orders
- Registration of adoptions in other parts of the British Islands
- Registration of other adoptions
- Amendment of orders and rectification of registers
- Marking of entries on re-registration of birth
- SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments
- Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41)
- Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)
- Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 56)
- Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c. 60)
- Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37)
- Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
- Civil Evidence (Family Mediation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 6)
- Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36)
- Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18)
- Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8)
- Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)
- Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5)
- Joint Inspection of Children's Services and Inspection of Social Work Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 3)
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
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