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8(1)An “adoption service” is any service which is—
(a)provided by a local authority under subsection (1) of section 1 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4); or
(b)provided by a person other than a local authority and which consists of, or includes, services mentioned in subsection (4) of that section (the reference in subsection (5) of that section to a local authority being taken, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be a reference to a person other than a local authority), (whether the person functions generally or in relation to a service provided, under that section).
(2)For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b)—
(a)the making by a person of arrangements for the adoption of a child by a relevant person; or
(b)the placing by a person of a child for adoption with a relevant person,
is not an adoption service.
(3)In sub-paragraph (2), “relevant person” means—
(a)a parent of the child;
(b)any other relative of the child; or
(c)where a parent of the child is a member of a relevant couple, the other member of the couple.
(4)In sub-paragraph (3)—
“relative” has the meaning given by section 119(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4);
“relevant couple” is to be construed in accordance with section 29(3) of that Act.
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