{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/152",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Support Services and Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-and-allowances-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Procedure for reassessment",
  "text": "(1) Where the local authority carry out a reassessment of the needs for adoption support services of a relevant member under section 49 of the Act they must have regard to such of the following considerations as are relevant to the reassessment–\n(a) the needs of the relevant member being reassessed and how these might be met;\n(b) the needs of the relevant family and how these might be met;\n(c) the needs, including developmental needs, of the adoptive child and how these might be met;\n(d) the parenting capacity of the adoptive parent;\n(e) wider family and environmental factors;\n(f) in the case of a child who is, or was, placed for adoption or matched for adoption, the circumstances that led to the child being so placed or matched; and\n(g) any previous assessment or reassessment of needs for adoption support services undertaken in relation to the relevant member in question.\n(2) Where the local authority carry out a reassessment of a relevant member’s needs for adoption support services they must–\n(a) where they consider it appropriate to do so, interview the relevant member and, where the relevant member is an adoptive child, that child’s adoptive parents;\n(b) where they consider that the relevant member may have a need for services from a Health Board, consult that Health Board;\n(c) seek advice and information from such other persons as they consider appropriate; and\n(d) prepare a written report of the assessment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/152/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:55.273185+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."
}