| Part I | Parents, Children and Guardians |
| Section 54 | Reference to the Principal |
| Reporter by court |
| Section 93 | Interpretation of Part II |
| Section 98(1) | Amendments of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 | Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Act specified in column 1 |
| Section 98(2) | Interpretation of Part III |
| Section 105(3) | Transitional provisions and savings | Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 3 to the Act specified in column 1 |
| Section 105(4) | Amendments | Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 4 to the Act specified in column 1 |
| Section 105(5) | Repeals | Only for the purpose of bringing into force the repeals in Schedule 5 to the Act which are referred to in column 1 below |
| In Schedule 2, paragraphs– | Amendments of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 | |
| 1 |
| 7(a)(i), (b) and (c) |
| 8(a) |
| 9(a) |
| 11(b) and (c) |
| 12(b)(i) |
| 13(a)(ii), (c)(ii) and (d) |
| 14 |
| 17(b) |
| 23 |
| 26 |
| 29(a)(iii), (v) and (vi) |
| In Schedule 3, paragraph 7 | Transitional provisions and savings |
| In Schedule 4, paragraphs– | Amendment of enactments |
| 1 to 6 |
| 7(1) to (5) and (6)(a) |
| 8 and 9 |
| 10(b) |
| 11 |
| 14 |
| 15(1),(5), (17)(a)(ii), (20)(c) and (28)(d) and (e) |
| 18(3) |
| 19 and 20 |
| 23(1) |
| 23(4)(a) | | Only for the purpose of inserting paragraph (c) into section 7(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 |
| 23(4)(c) |
| 24(1), (4), (5), (10) and (11) |
| 26(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) and (c), and (5) to (7) |
| 27 |
| 28(1) and (5)(a) |
| 29(1) and (2) |
| 30 and 31 |
| 33(1) and (4) |
| 34 |
| 36 |
| 37(1), (5) and (6)(a)(i) and (ii) |
| 38 |
| 39(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (4) and (5)(b) |
| 41 |
| 43 |
| 46 and 47 |
| 48(1) and (4) |
| 50 to 52 |
| 53(2), (4) and (5) |
| 54(1) and (5) |
| In Schedule 5, the repeals specified in the Table below | Repeals |