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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Procedure in Scotland where the United Kingdom is the receiving State

    1. 3.Application for assessment of suitability to be an adoptive parent

    2. 4.Requirement to provide information

    3. 5.Eligibility requirements

    4. 6.Duty of the adoption agency – case record, police checks and assessment

    5. 7.Function of the adoption panel

    6. 8.Adoption agency decision, notification and review procedure

    7. 9.Procedure following approval by the adoption agency

    8. 10.Article 16 report from SOCA and Article 17 Agreement

    9. 11.Duty of adoption agency before child’s arrival in Scotland

    10. 12.Child placed with prospective adopter but no Convention adoption is made in the State of origin

    11. 13.Duty of prospective adopter to notify local authority

    12. 14.Duty of prospective adopters where child is placed with them

    13. 15.Return of the child by the prospective adopter

    14. 16.Removal of the child by the relevant local authority

    15. 17.Breakdown of placement

    16. 18.Convention adoptions subject to a probationary period

    17. 19.Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption

    18. 20.Refusal of court in Scotland to make a Convention adoption order

    19. 21.Annulment of a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption

  4. PART 3 Procedure in Scotland where the United Kingdom is the State of origin

    1. 22.Duty of adoption agency in respect of assessment of child

    2. 23.Function of the adoption panel in assessing the child

    3. 24.Decision and notification

    4. 25.Receipt of Article 15 report from RSCA

    5. 26.Function of adoption panel in assessing proposed placement

    6. 27.Preparation of the Article 16 report for RSCA

    7. 28.Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption

    8. 29.Procedural requirements following receipt of Article 23 certificate

  5. PART 4 Miscellaneous

    1. 30.Requirements prescribed for the purposes of section 17 of the 1978 Act

    2. 31.Application, with modifications, of provisions of the 1978 Act

    3. 32.Application, with modifications, of provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations

    4. 33.Application with modifications of the provisions of the 2001 Regulations

    5. 34.Offences

    6. 35.Transitional provision

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Certificate of eligibility and approval

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Certificate that the Convention adoption order has been made in accordance with the Convention

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Application, with modifications, of the provisions of the 1978 Act

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Application, with modifications, of the provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Specified offences

      1. 1.Offences in England and Wales

      2. 2.An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Children and...

      3. 3.An offence under section 1(1) of the Indecency with Children...

      4. 4.An offence under section 54 of the Criminal Law Act...

      5. 5.An offence contrary to section 1 of the Protection of...

      6. 6.An offence contrary to section 160 of the Criminal Justice...

      7. 7.An offence contrary to section 170 of the Customs and...

      8. 8.Offences in Scotland

      9. 9.An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure...

      10. 10.An offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise...

      11. 11.An offence under sections 52 and 52A of the Civic...

      12. 12.Offences in Northern Ireland

      13. 13.An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Children and...

      14. 14.An offence under Article 3 of the Protection of Children...

      15. 15.An offence contrary to Article 9 of the Criminal Justice...

      16. 16.An offence contrary to Article 15 of the Criminal Justice...

      17. 17.An offence An offence contrary to section 170 of the...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Application, with modifications, of the provisions of the 2001 Regulations

  8. Explanatory Note