The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Procedure in Scotland where the United Kingdom is the receiving State

   1. 3. Application for assessment of suitability to be an adoptive parent

   2. 4. Requirement to provide information

   3. 5. Eligibility requirements

   4. 6. Duty of the Adoption Agency – case record, police checks and assessment

   5. 7. Function of the adoption panel

   6. 8. Adoption agency decision, notification and review procedure

   7. 9. Procedure following approval by the adoption agency

   8. 10. Article 16 report from SOCA and Article 17 agreement

   9. 11. Duty of adoption agency before child’s arrival in Scotland

   10. 12. Child placed with prospective adopter but no Convention adoption is made in the State of origin

   11. 13. Duty of prospective adopter to notify local authority

   12. 14. Duty of prospective adopters where child is placed with them

   13. 15. Return of the child by the prospective adopter

   14. 16. Removal of the child by the relevant local authority

   15. 17. Breakdown of placement

   16. 18. Convention adoptions subject to a probationary period

   17. 19. Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption – Article 23 of the Convention

   18. 20. Refusal of court in Scotland to make a Convention adoption order

   19. 21. Annulment of a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption

4. PART 3 Procedure in Scotland where the United Kingdom is the State of origin

   1. 22. Duty of adoption agency in respect of assessment of child

   2. 23. Function of adoption panel in assessing the child

   3. 24. Decision and notification in respect of proposed placement

   4. 25. Receipt of Article 15 report from RSCA

   5. 26. Function of adoption panel in assessing proposed placement

   6. 27. Preparation of the Article 16 report for RSCA

   7. 28. Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption

   8. 29. Procedural requirement following receipt of Article 23 Certificate

5. PART 4 Miscellaneous

   1. 30. Requirements prescribed for the purposes of section 17 of the 1978 Act

   2. 31. Application, with modifications, of provisions of the 1978 Act

   3. 32. Application, with modifications, of provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations

   4. 33. Savings provisions regarding the Adoption of Children from Overseas (Scotland) Regulations 2001

   5. 34. Offences

   6. 35. Transitional provision

6. Signature

7. 1. Schedule 1

      Certificate of eligibility and approval

   2. Schedule 2

      Certificate that the Convention adoption order has been made in accordance with the Convention

   3. Schedule 3

      Application, with modifications, of provisions of the 1978 Act

   4. Schedule 4

      Application, with modifications, of the provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations

   5. Schedule 5

      Specified offences

   6. Schedule 6

      Application, with modifications, of the provisions of the 2001 Regulations

8. Explanatory Note