Article 20 Applications for adoption orders where freeing order in place

This article applies where an application is made for an adoption order under section 29 (adoption by certain couples) or 30 (adoption by one person) of the Act in respect of a child who is subject to a freeing order.

Section 31 (parental etc. consent) of the Act applies as if for subsection (7) there were substituted—

“(7)

The second condition is that the child has been freed for adoption by virtue of an order made under section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978.”.