# Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007, Paragraph 2


(1) The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 5 (powers of Scottish Ministers)—
(a) in subsection (1B), after paragraph (p) insert—
“(q) the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4).”,
(b) in subsection (2)(c), for “and (p)” substitute “ , (p) and (q) ”, and
(c) in subsection (5), for the words from “has” to the end of the subsection substitute “ means a person who is under the age of 18. ”.
(3) In subsection (1)(b) of section 6A (inquiries), for “section 65 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978” substitute “ section 119(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4) ”.
(4) In subsection (3A) of section 10 (assistance to voluntary organisations etc. for social work), after “adoption” insert “ support ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/4/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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