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Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007

Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007

2007 asp 4

Commentary on Sections

Part 3 .Miscellaneous

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

352.Section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (court orders relating to parental responsibilities etc) is amended by this section. That section prevented persons who have lost parental responsibilities and parental rights through the making of an adoption order, a freeing order, a parental responsibilities order or a parental order by virtue of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 from applying for a contact order in respect of the child under section 11(2)(d) of the 1995 Act The amendment allows persons who have lost their parental responsibilities and parental rights by virtue of the making of an adoption order to apply for a contact order with the leave of the court.

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