2018 No. 272

Children And Young Persons

The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Ethiopia (Scotland) Order 2018

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62(3) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 20071 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Ethiopia (Scotland) Order 2018 and comes into force on 8th November 2018.

Declaration of special restrictions2

Special restrictions2 apply in relation to the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Ethiopia in the cases mentioned in section 62(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

MAREE TODDAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order applies the special restrictions which are set out in section 64(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Act”) in relation to the adoption of children from Ethiopia. As a result, the Scottish Ministers will not be permitted to take any steps to further the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Ethiopia for the purposes of adoption, unless they are satisfied that they should do so under section 64(2) of the Act.