Sch. in force at 3.1.2014, see reg. 1

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/310/scheduleThe Adoption (Recognition of Overseas Adoptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2013enCHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONSStatute Law Database2026-02-17Expert Participation2014-01-03These Regulations come into force on 3rd January 2014. They revoke and replace the Adoption (Designation of Overseas Adoptions) Order 1973 (“the 1973 Order”). The effect of these Regulations is to specify the countries and territories whose adoption orders are classed as ‘overseas adoptions’ in terms of section 67 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”).SCHEDULE

Regulation 3(a)

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Canada

Cape Verde

Chile

The People’s Republic of China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

The Republic of Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland)

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Estonia

Fiji

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Guinea

Hungary

Iceland

India

The Republic of Ireland

Israel

Italy

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Latvia

Lesotho

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Madagascar

Mali

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

The Republic of Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

The Netherlands (including the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba))

New Zealand

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Rwanda

San Marino

Senegal

Seychelles

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

The United States of America

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam