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Chapter 1 PROCEDURE IN SCOTLAND WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE RECEIVING STATE

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  1. 10Application of Chapter 1
  2. 11Application: eligibility, and suitability, to adopt
  3. 12Determination of eligibility to adopt
  4. 13Provision of information
  5. 14Case records and counselling
  6. 15Criminal record checks
  7. 16Duties of adoption agency prior to decision on suitability
  8. 17Functions of the adoption panel
  9. 18Adoption agency decision, notification and request for review
  10. 19Review without request
  11. 20Procedure following decision that prospective adopters are suitable to adopt
  12. 21Procedure following receipt of Article 16 Information
  13. 22Procedure where proposed adoption not to proceed
  14. 23Child’s entry into the United Kingdom
  15. 24Notifications to be given prior to child’s entry into the United Kingdom
  16. 25Child’s entry into the United Kingdom where no Convention adoption made: applicable provisions
  17. 26Duty of prospective adopters to notify local authority
  18. 27Functions of the local authority following child’s entry into the United Kingdom
  19. 28Duty of prospective adopters
  20. 29Prospective adopters not wishing to proceed with adoption
  21. 30Withdrawal of child from prospective adopters
  22. 31Breakdown of placement
  23. 32Convention adoptions subject to a probationary period
  24. 33Report of local authority investigation
  25. 34Convention adoption order
  26. 35Requirements following a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption
  27. 36Convention adoption order: refusal or withdrawal
  28. 37Annulment of Convention adoption order or Convention adoption