# Children (Scotland) Act 1995, Paragraph 12

Extent: S

In section 19 (progress reports)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) for the words “(”the former parent”)” substitute “ (in this section and in section 20 referred to as the “relevant parent”) ”; and
(ii) for the words “did not do so” substitute—
“either—
(a) did not do so; or
(b) having done so, subsequently by written notice under this subsection to the adoption agency to which the parental responsibilities and parental rights have been transferred, has withdrawn such declaration.”;
(b) in subsection (2)—
(i) for the words “in which the parental rights and duties were vested” substitute “ to which the parental responsibilities and parental rights were transferred ”; and
(ii) for the word “former”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “ relevant ”;
(c) in subsection (3)—
(i) for the word “former”, wherever it occurs, substitute “ relevant ”; and
(ii) for the words “have his home with a person with whom he has been placed for adoption” substitute “ be placed with a person with a view to his being adopted by that person ”; and
(d) in subsection (4)—
(i) for the words “the former” substitute “ the relevant ”;
(ii) after paragraph (b) add— “ but a declaration under this subsection may be withdrawn in the same way as may a declaration under subsection (6) of section 18, in which event the agency shall no longer be so released ”; and
(iii) for the words “that former” substitute “ that relevant ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/36/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-scotland-act-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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