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Paragraph 8 I1I2

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

(1)

An “adoption service” is any service which is—

(a)

provided by a local authority under subsection (1) of section 1 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4); or

(b)

provided by a person other than a local authority and which consists of, or includes, services mentioned in subsection (4) of that section (the reference in subsection (5) of that section to a local authority being taken, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be a reference to a person other than a local authority), (whether the person functions generally or in relation to a service provided, under that section).

(2)

For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)

the making by a person of arrangements for the adoption of a child by a relevant person; or

(b)

the placing by a person of a child for adoption with a relevant person,

is not an adoption service.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (2), “relevant person” means—

(a)

a parent of the child;

(b)

any other relative of the child; or

(c)

where a parent of the child is a member of a relevant couple, the other member of the couple.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3)—

  • “relative” has the meaning given by section 119(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4);

  • “relevant couple” is to be construed in accordance with section 29(3) of that Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 12 para. 8 in force at 1.10.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch.

I2

Sch. 12 para. 8 in force at 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, Sch.