{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/section-106",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/section-106.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/4",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/106",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "106",
  "heading": "Child subject to compulsory supervision order: duty to refer to Principal Reporter",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where—\n(a) a child is subject to a compulsory supervision order,\n(b) a registered adoption service is satisfied that the best interests of the child would be served by placing the child for adoption, and\n(c) it intends to place the child for adoption.\n(2) The registered adoption service must refer the child's case to the Principal Reporter.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may make regulations specifying by reference to the occurrence of an event or events described in the regulations the period of time during which a referral under this section is to be made.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 106(1)(a) substituted (24.6.2013) by The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Primary Legislation) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/211), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 106(4) repealed (24.6.2013) by The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Primary Legislation) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/211), art. 1, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 106 title substituted (24.6.2013) by The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Primary Legislation) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/211), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 17(11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 106(1)(2) in force at 28.9.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 106(3) in force at 20.4.2009 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2009/147, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 106(3) in force at 28.9.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21) (as amended (7.5.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/99, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/4/section/106",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:02.274423+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."
}