{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/section-109",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/section-109.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/109",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "109",
  "heading": "Proceedings to be in private",
  "text": "(1) Any proceedings before the court relating to applications under any of the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) must be heard and determined in private unless the court otherwise directs.\n(2) Those provisions are—\n(a) section 24,\n(b) section 29,\n(c) section 30,\n(d) section 59,\n(e) section 80,\n(f) section 92,\n(g) section 93, ...\n(ga) section 98, and\n(h) section 99.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 109(2)(g) repealed (27.1.2010) by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/21), art. 1, Sch. para. 8(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 109(2)(ga) inserted (27.1.2010) by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/21), art. 1, Sch. para. 8(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 109(1) applied (with modifications) (6.4.2010) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/985), regs. 1(1), 4, Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 109 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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/4/section/109",
    "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."
}