Paragraph 1

Schedule 3 to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (custody orders)^f1 is amended as follows.

In paragraph 5 after sub-paragraph (vi) insert—

“(vii)

an adoption order (as defined in section 28(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4));

(viii)

a permanence order (as defined in subsection (2) of section 80 of that Act) which includes provision such as is mentioned in paragraph (c) of that subsection.”.

After paragraph 5 insert—

“5A.

The reference in paragraph 5(viii) to a permanence order includes a deemed permanence order having effect by virtue of article 13(1), 14(2), 17(1) or 19(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009.”.