Paragraph 12 Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984I1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 84(2)
Sch. 4 para. 5(b) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 84(3)(a)
Sch. 4 para. 5(b) words substituted by Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Sch. 3 para. 84(3)(b)

In section 2(5)(a) of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984^f1 (exceptions to section 1) the reference to a child placed in the care of a person who proposes to adopt the child under arrangements made by an adoption agency within the meaning of the provisions mentioned in that paragraph is to be read as including a reference to a child being in the care of a person or persons who propose to apply for a parental order under section 54 or section 54A of the 2008 Act in respect of that child.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 4 para. 12 in force at 21.12.2018, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 56. Section 2 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. Other amendments have been made which are not relevant to this instrument.