{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-23",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Function of the adoption panel in assessing the child",
  "text": "(1) The adoption panel shall consider the case of the child and make a recommendation to the local authority as to whether adoption by a person habitually resident in a Convention country outside the British Islands is in the best interests of the child.\n(2) In considering what recommendation to make, the adoption panel shall have regard to the duties imposed upon the local authority by sections 6, 6A and 7 of the 1978 Act (duty to promote the welfare of the child and religious upbringing of adopted child) and shall–\n(a) consider and take into account all of the information and the reports passed to it under regulation 22(2);\n(b) request the local authority to obtain any other relevant information which the panel considers necessary; and\n(c) obtain legal advice in relation to the case as may be necessary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/19/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:33.483972+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}