{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-scotland-act-2007/section-56.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/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Admissibility of extracts as evidence",
  "text": "(1) An extract of an entry in the Adopted Children Register issued by virtue of section 54(2)(b) is sufficient evidence of the adoption to which it relates.\n(2) Where an entry in the Adopted Children Register contains a record of—\n(a) the date of birth, or\n(b) the country of the birth,\nof the adopted person, an extract of the entry issued by virtue of that section is sufficient evidence of that date or, as the case may be, country.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 56 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. 56 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/56",
    "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."
}