The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 No. 182

PART 3 ADOPTIONS UNDER THE CONVENTION

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

Adoption agency’s decision: notification and return of documents

47.—(1) As soon as possible after the adoption agency makes a decision under regulation 46(3), it must notify the Central Authority of the decision.

(2) If the proposed placement is not to proceed–

(a) the adoption agency must return the Article 15 Report and any other documents or information sent to it by the Central Authority to that Authority; and

(b) the Central Authority must then send the Article 15 Report and any such documents or information to the CA of the receiving State.