Adoption and Children Act 2002

The Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28)

22 In section 11 (restriction on arranging adoptions and placing of children)—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) a registered adoption society (within the meaning of section 2(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002)”; and

(ii) for “section 1” there is substituted “section 3(1)”, and

(b) after subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) In relation to the provision of any particular service by an adoption society, the reference in subsection (2)(a) to a registered adoption society does not include a voluntary organisation unless it is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 in respect of that service or a service which, in England, corresponds to that service.”