# The Adoption Support Services and Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Regulation 4: Adoption support services for persons outside the area


(1) Section 9 of the Act applies to a local authority in respect of the following persons who reside outside the authority’s area–
(a) an adoptive child whom the authority has placed for adoption or who has been adopted after being placed for adoption by the authority;
(b) a natural parent of such a child;
(c) an adoptive parent of such a child; and
(d) a child of such an adoptive parent (whether or not adopted).
(2) But section 9 ceases to apply–
(a) at the end of the period of three years from the date of the adoption order or when the adoptive child attains the age of 18, whichever is sooner; or
(b) at any point before the end of the period of three years from the date of the adoption order or when such a child attains the age of 18, if sooner, if the following agree–
(i) the person in paragraph (1);
(ii) the local authority in whose area that person is resident; and
(iii) the local authority which made the assessment of the needs of that person for adoption support services.
(3) Nothing in this regulation prevents a local authority from providing adoption support services to persons outside their area where they consider it appropriate to do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/152/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-4
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