xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"

PART 3ADOPTIONS UNDER THE CONVENTION

CHAPTER 2PROCEDURE IN SCOTLAND WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE STATE OF ORIGIN

Information for inclusion in report and for adoption panel

41.—(1) The report mentioned in regulation 18(1)(i) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations must include–

(a)a summary of the possibilities (if any) for placement of the child for adoption within the United Kingdom; and

(b)an assessment of whether an adoption by a person in a particular receiving State is in the child’s best interests.

(2) The adoption agency must refer the child’s case to the adoption panel and send to the panel–

(a)if received, the report from the CA of the receiving State which has been prepared for the purposes of Article 15 of the Convention (in this Chapter, the “Article 15 Report”);

(b)the agency’s observations on any Article 15 report; and

(c)copies of–

(i)the report on the health of the child mentioned in regulation 18(1)(d) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations and any report obtained in accordance with regulation 18(2) of those Regulations; and

(ii)the report mentioned in regulation 18(1)(i) of those Regulations.