The Registration Services (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Registration Services (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 12th October 2009.

Amendment of the Adopted Children Register and Parental Order Register (Form of Entry) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

2.—(1) The Adopted Children Register and Parental Order Register (Form of Entry) (Scotland) Regulations 1995(1) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) For the form set out in Schedule 1 (adopted children register entry) substitute the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(3) For the form set out in Schedule 2 (parental order register entry) substitute the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Amendment of the Registration of Foreign Adoptions (Scotland) Regulations 2003

3.—(1) The Registration of Foreign Adoptions (Scotland) Regulations 2003(2) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) After regulation 2 insert—

“Registrable foreign adoption

2A.   For the purposes of paragraph 6(5) of schedule 1 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (meaning of “registrable foreign adoption”), the requirement is that at the time the Convention or overseas adoption is effected the adoptive parent, or in the case of a couple, both adoptive parents, are habitually resident in Scotland.”.

(3) For the form set out in the Schedule (form of entry in the adopted children register) substitute the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of the Registration of Civil Partnerships (Prescription of Forms, Publicisation and Errors) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

4.—(1) The Registration of Civil Partnerships (Prescription of Forms, Publicisation and Errors) (Scotland) Regulations 2005(3) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) For the form set out in Schedule 1 (civil partnership notice) substitute the form set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

(3) For the form set out in Schedule 2 (civil partnership schedule) substitute the form set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

(4) For the form set out in Schedule 3 (civil partnership register page) substitute the form set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations.

Amendment of the Book of Scottish Connections Regulations 2008

5.—(1) The Book of Scottish Connections Regulations 2008(4) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) For the form set out in Schedule 5 (birth entry) substitute the form set out in Schedule 6 to these Regulations.

(3) For the form set out in Schedule 6 (death entry) substitute the form set out in Schedule 7 to these Regulations.

(4) For the form set out in Schedule 7 (marriage entry) substitute the form set out in Schedule 8 to these Regulations.

(5) For the form set out in Schedule 8 (civil partnership entry) substitute the form set out in Schedule 9 to these Regulations.

DUNCAN MACNIVEN

Registrar General for Scotland

New Register House,

Edinburgh

16th September 2009

Approved by the Scottish Ministers

JIM MATHER

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

16th September 2009