2. In these Regulations–
“the 1978 Act” means the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978;
“the 1996 Regulations” means the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996(1);
“adoption panel” has the same meaning as in the 1996 Regulations;
“prospective adopter” means a person habitually resident in the British Islands who at any time brings into the United Kingdom for the purpose of adoption (other than adoption by a parent, guardian or relative) a child who is habitually resident outside those Islands.
S.I. 1996/3266.