Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007

Prospective

Registration of adoption orders S

1 (1) Every adoption order must contain a direction to the Registrar General to make in the Adopted Children Register an entry in the form prescribed by regulations made by the Registrar General with the approval of the Scottish Ministers. S

(2) For the purposes of compliance with the requirements of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) where the precise date of the child's birth is not proved to the satisfaction of the court—

(i) the court is to determine the probable date of the child's birth, and

(ii) the date so determined is to be specified in the adoption order as the date of the child's birth,

(b) where the country of birth of the child is not proved to the satisfaction of the court—

(i) if it appears probable that the child was born in a part of the British Islands, the child is to be treated as having been born in Scotland,

(ii) in any other case, the particulars of the country of birth may be omitted from the adoption order and from the entry in the Adopted Children Register,

(c) where—

(i) the application for the adoption order specifies a name (or names) and surname as being those of the child, that name (or those names) and surname are to be recorded in the adoption order as the name (or names) and surname of the child,

(ii) no name (or names) or surname is so specified, the original name (or names) of the child and the surname of the applicant are to be recorded in the adoption order as the name (or names) and surname of the child.

2 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where— S

(a) on an application to the appropriate court for an adoption order in respect of a child, the identity of the child with a child to whom an entry in the register of births relates is proved to the satisfaction of the court, and

(b) the child has not previously been the subject of an adoption order made by a court in Scotland under this Act or any enactment at the time in force.

(2) Any adoption order made in pursuance of the application must contain a direction to the Registrar General to secure that the entry in the register of births is marked with the word “Adopted”.

3 Where an adoption order is made in respect of a child who has previously been the subject of an adoption order made by a court in Scotland under this Act or any enactment at the time in force, the order must contain a direction to the Registrar General to secure that the previous entry in the Adopted Children Register is marked with the word “Re-adopted”. S

4 (1) Where an adoption order is made, the clerk of the court which made the order must secure that the order is communicated to the Registrar General. S

(2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after receipt of the communication, the Registrar General must secure that the direction contained in the order is complied with.