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The Period to Prepare an Adoption Allowances Scheme (Scotland) Order 2009

S.S.I. 2009/168 · Made 29 April 2009

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

Made 29th April 2009

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 30th April 2009

Coming into force 28th September 2009

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 71(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 asp 4.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Period to prepare an adoption allowances scheme
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Period to Prepare an Adoption Allowances Scheme (Scotland) Order 2009 and comes into force on 28th September 2009.

2Interpretation

In this Order “the Act” means the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

3Period to prepare an adoption allowances scheme

An adoption agency which is a local authority must, within the period of 3 months after the coming into force of section 71 (Adoption allowances schemes) of the Act, prepare an adoption allowances scheme.

Signature

ADAM INGRAM

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

29th April 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order directs that an adoption agency which is a local authority must, within 3 months from the coming into force of section 71 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007, prepare an adoption allowances scheme. Section 71 is scheduled to come fully into force on 28th September 2009 and therefore local authorities must prepare adoption allowances schemes by 28th December 2009.