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The Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 4) (Scotland) Order 2000

S.S.I. 2000/390 · Made 6 November 2000

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This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2000/223 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Scottish Statutory Instrument

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

Made 6th November 2000

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18(3) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 18; section 16(2) of the Act, which provides that for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), any provision of the 1999 Act which extends to Scotland is to be taken to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of the 1998 Act, was commenced on 16th October 2000 by S.I. 2000/2821. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, interpretation and extent
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, interpretation and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 4) (Scotland) Order 2000.

(2)

This Order extends to Scotland only.

2Appointed day

10th November 2000 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 13 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 insofar as it inserts a new subsection (3A) after subsection (3) of section 65 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978f1.

Signature

JACK McCONNELL

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

6th November 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 10th November 2000 as regards Scotland, that part of section 13 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18), which inserts a new subsection (3A) into section 65 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978. The new subsection (3A) provides that in relation to the proposed adoption of a child resident outside the British Islands, references to arrangements for the adoption of a child include references to arrangements for an assessment for the purpose of indicating whether a person is suitable or not to adopt a child.

This Order replaces the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/223) as that Order was a nullity.