PART IGENERAL
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 28th September 2009.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;
“the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(1);
“adoption panel” means an adoption panel established under regulation 3;
“legal adviser” means a member of the adoption panel appointed under regulation 5(2);
“medical adviser” means a member of the adoption panel appointed under regulation 5(1);
“relative” means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the child (in the cases of a brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full-blood or half-blood); and includes a spouse or civil partner of any such grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt.