The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 No. 182

PART 3 ADOPTIONS UNDER THE CONVENTION

CHAPTER 1 PROCEDURE IN SCOTLAND WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE RECEIVING STATE

Child’s entry into the United Kingdom where no Convention adoption made: applicable provisions

25.  Regulations 26 to 30 apply where–

(a) following the agreement between the Central Authority and the CA of the State of origin under Article 17(c) of the Convention that the adoption may proceed–

(i) no Convention adoption is made, or applied for, in the State of origin; or

(ii) in the case of regulations 29 and 30, a Convention adoption is applied for in the State of origin and regulation 32(2) applies; and

(b) the child is placed with the prospective adopters who then return (or whose nominee mentioned in regulation 23(2) then returns) to Scotland with the child.