Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

• “the Act” means the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978;

• “the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995^f1;

• “adoption agency” means a local authority or an approved adoption society within the meaning of the Act;

• “adoption panel” means a panel appointed in accordance with regulation 7;

• “court” means an authorised court as defined by section 56 of the Act;

• “health board” means a health board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f2;

• “parent” has the meaning given to that term in section 65 of the Act^f3.

In these Regulations any reference to an adoption order shall include reference to an order under section 49 of the Act and any reference to a person proposing to adopt a child shall include reference to a person proposing to apply for such an order.

In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation or schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or schedule bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference to a numbered paragraph shall be a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in the regulation in which the reference to the numbered paragraph is made.