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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

1978 CHAPTER 28

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    The Adoption Service

    1. The Adoption Service

      1. 1. Establishment of Adoption Service

      2. 2. Local authorities’ social work

    2. Adoption societies

      1. 3. Approval of adoption societies

      2. 4. Withdrawal of approval

      3. 5. Procedure on refusal to approve, or withdrawal of approval from, adoption societies

    3. Welfare of children

      1. 6. Duty to promote welfare of child

      2. 6A. Duty to consider alternatives to adoption

      3. 7. Religious upbringing of adopted child

    4. Supplemental

      1. 8.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 9. Regulation of adoption agencies

      3. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 11. Restriction on arranging adoptions and placing of children

  2. Part II

    Adoption Orders

    1. The making of adoption orders

      1. 12. Adoption orders

      2. 13. Child to live with adopters before order made

      3. 14. Adoption by married couple

      4. 15. Adoption by one person

      5. 16. Parental agreement

      6. 17. Convention adoption orders

    2. Freeing for adoption

      1. 18. Freeing child for adoption

      2. 19. Progress reports to former parent

      3. 20. Revocation of s. 18 order

      4. 21. Variation of section 18 order so as to substitute one adoption agency for another

    3. Supplemental

      1. 22. Notification to local authority of adoption application

      2. 22A. Children subject to supervision requirements

      3. 23. Reports where child placed by agency

      4. 24. Restrictions on making adoption orders

      5. 25. Interim orders

      6. 25A. Timetable for resolving question as to whether agreement to adoption order etc. should be dispensed with

      7. 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Care and Protection of Children Awaiting Adoption

    1. Restrictions on removal of children

      1. 27. Restrictions on removal where adoption agreed or application made under s. 18

      2. 28. Restrictions on removal where applicant has provided home for 5 years

      3. 29. Return of child taken away in breach of s. 27 or 28

      4. 30. Return of children placed for adoption by adoption agencies

      5. 31. Application of s. 30 where child not placed for adoption

    2. Protected children

      1. 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 33.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      4. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      5. 36.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      6. 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    Status of Adopted Children

    1. 38. Meaning of “adoption order”: in Part IV

    2. 39. Status conferred by adoption

    3. 40.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 41. Miscellaneous enactments

    5. 42. Pensions

    6. 43. Insurance

    7. 44. Effect of s. 39 on succession and inter vivos deed

  5. Part V

    Registration and Revocation of Adoption Orders and Convention Adoptions

    1. 45. Adopted Children Register

    2. 46. Revocation of adoptions on legitimation

    3. 47. Annulment etc. of overseas adoptions

    4. 48. Provisions supplementary to ss. 46(2) and 47

  6. Part VI

    Miscellaneous and Supplemental

    1. 49. Adoption of children abroad

    2. 50. Restriction on removal of children for adoption outside Great Britain

    3. 50A. Restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom for adoption

    4. 51. Prohibition on certain payments

    5. 51A. Adoption allowances schemes

    6. 51B. Transitional provisions as respects adoption allowances

    7. 52. Restriction on advertisements

    8. 53. Effect of determination and orders made in England and Wales and overseas in adoption proceedings

    9. 54. Evidence of adoption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

    10. 55. Evidence of agreement and consent

    11. 56. Courts

    12. 57. Proceedings to be in private

    13. 58. Curators ad litem and reporting officers

    14. 59. Rules of procedure

    15. 60. Orders, rules and regulations

    16. 61. Offences by bodies corporate

    17. 62. Service of notices etc

    18. 63. Nationality

    19. 64. Internal law of a country

    20. 65. Interpretation

    21. 66. Transitional provisions, amendments and repeals

    22. 67. Short title, commencement and extent

  7. SCHEDULE 1

    Registration of Adoptions

  8. SCHEDULE 2

    Transitional Provisions and Savings

  9. SCHEDULE 3

    Consequential Amendments

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to adoption in Scotland with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission.

[20th July 1978]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Power to amend Act conferred (5.7.1994) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37, SIF 83:1), s. 30(9)(10) (with ss. 39(3), 43(2)); S.I. 1994/1776, art. 2(1)

C2Act modified (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2804, art. 2, Sch. 1

Act: modified (prosp.) by 1999 c. 18, ss. 17, 18(3)

Commencement Information

I1Act not in force at Royal Assent; wholly in force at 1.2.1985

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