Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4)

Valid from 20/04/2009

Part 3 S Miscellaneous

Provisions applicable to adoption orders and permanence orders S

Valid from 28/09/2009

107 Making of adoption order no longer to be bar to making of contact order S

In section 11 of the 1995 Act (court orders relating to parental responsibilities etc.), in subsection (3)—

(a) in paragraph (a), sub-paragraph (iii) is repealed,

(b) after that paragraph insert—

“(aa) that application for a contact order is made with the leave of the court by a person whose parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child were extinguished on the making of an adoption order;

(ab) that application for an order under subsection (1) above (other than a contact order) is made by a person who has had, but for a reason other than is mentioned in subsection (4) below, no longer has, parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child;”, and

(c) in paragraph (b), for “such application” substitute “ application for an order under subsection (1) above ”.