{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule-5/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If the court makes an order called a “permanence order” granting authority for the child to be adopted:\nyour responsibilities and rights as a parent or guardian to regulate the child’s residence and to provide guidance appropriate to the child’s stage of development will be transferred to the local authority;\nother rights and responsibilities may be transferred to the local authority or to specified persons;\nthe adoption agency will then proceed to make arrangements for the child to be placed for adoption as quickly as possible;\nthe court will grant authority for your child to be adopted which means that your consent to the adoption is not required before the making of an adoption order;\nthe person wishing to adopt your child will apply to the court in due course and the court, if on investigation considers that this is in your child’s best interests, will make an adoption order without being required to consult you first.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2010/172",
      "affecting_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/154/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:53.811768+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}