# The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Regulation 54: Notification to local authority of adoption application


Section 18(1) of the Act applies as if for the words “not placed for adoption with the applicants by an adoption agency” there were substituted “entrusted to the applicants by a competent authority within the meaning of the Convention (other than an adoption agency which placed the child for adoption with the applicants).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/182/regulation/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-54
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