# Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, Paragraph 8


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/8/schedule/12/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-scotland-act-2010/schedule-12/paragraph-8
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