Part 1Adoption
Chapter 1The adoption service
Regulations
I1I213Regulations
1
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with—
a
determining in circumstances specified in the regulations which local authority is, or may become, responsible for—
i
the provision of an adoption service,
ii
the making of an assessment of needs under section 9(1)(a),
b
determining the time at which, and the circumstances in which, a local authority's duty to provide an adoption service ends,
c
specifying the circumstances in which a local authority may continue to provide an adoption service after the time determined by virtue of paragraph (b) has passed,
d
specifying the arrangements a local authority may make when a person in respect of whom the authority provides, or has a power or a duty to provide, an adoption service moves outwith the authority's area,
e
specifying the persons with whom such arrangements may be made,
f
assessing the needs for adoption support services of persons who have moved or who intend to move—
i
from one local authority area to another,
ii
from outwith Scotland to Scotland.
2
The power conferred by subsection (1) may be exercised so as to make different provision for different adoption services.