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

Part 3 S Miscellaneous

Provisions applicable to adoption orders and permanence orders S

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(a) in paragraph (a), sub-paragraph (iii) is repealed,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

Commencement Information

I1 S. 107 in force at 28.9.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2)