Regulation 27 Information to be kept about adoptions

(1)

An adoption agency must create a case record in respect of–

(a)

a child in relation to whom an adoption panel has made a recommendation under regulation 6(2)(a) that adoption is in the best interests of the child (“an adopted child”); and

(b)

a prospective adopter.

(2)

The following must be placed on the case record relating to an adopted child or a prospective adopter–

(a)

any information obtained by that adoption agency; and

(b)

any report, recommendation or decision made by that adoption agency, or by an adoption panel appointed by that agency,

under these Regulations, in respect of that adopted child or, as the case may be, that prospective adopter.

(3)

An adoption agency must continue to keep the case record set up in respect of an adopted child or prospective adopter under the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996^f1.

(4)

However an adoption agency is not required to keep any information falling within paragraph (2)(a) if the agency considers–

(a)

that it would be prejudicial to the adopted person’s welfare to keep it; or

(b)

that it would not be reasonably practicable to keep it.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1996/3266, amended by S.I. 2002/3135, S.S.I. 2003/242 and 2005/517.