Part 2 Procedure in Scotland where the United Kingdom is the receiving State

1. 3Application for assessment of suitability to be an adoptive parent
2. 4Requirement to provide information
3. 5Eligibility requirements
4. 6Duty of the adoption agency – case record, police checks and assessment
5. 7Function of the adoption panel
6. 8Adoption agency decision, notification and review procedure
7. 9Procedure following approval by the adoption agency
8. 10Article 16 report from SOCA and Article 17 Agreement
9. 11Duty of adoption agency before child’s arrival in Scotland
10. 12Child placed with prospective adopter but no Convention adoption is made in the State of origin
11. 13Duty of prospective adopter to notify local authority
12. 14Duty of prospective adopters where child is placed with them
13. 15Return of the child by the prospective adopter
14. 16Removal of the child by the relevant local authority
15. 17Breakdown of placement
16. 18Convention adoptions subject to a probationary period
17. 19Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption
18. 20Refusal of court in Scotland to make a Convention adoption order
19. 21Annulment of a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption