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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-52",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/52",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Requirements following a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption",
  "text": "(1) Where a Convention adoption order is made by a court in Scotland, the court must send a copy of the order to the Central Authority.\n(2) On receipt of a copy of the order under paragraph (1), the Central Authority must issue a certificate in the form set out in Schedule 3 certifying that the adoption has been made in accordance with the Convention.\n(3) A copy of the certificate issued under paragraph (2) must be sent to–\n(a) the CA of the receiving State; and\n(b) the relevant local authority.\n(4) Where a Convention adoption is made and the Central Authority receives a certificate under Article 23 of the Convention in respect of that Convention adoption, the Central Authority must send a copy of that certificate to–\n(a) the adoption agency which sent the Central Authority the Article 16 Report under regulation 48(2); and\n(b) the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/182/regulation/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:32.724472+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."
}