Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (1978 c. 28)
- Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (1978 c. 28)
- Part I The Adoption Service
- The Adoption Service
- 1 Establishment of Adoption Service.
- 2 Local authorities’ social work.
- Adoption societies
- 3 Approval of adoption societies.
- 4 Withdrawal of approval.
- 5 Procedure on refusal to approve, or withdrawal of approval from, adoption societies.
- Welfare of children
- 6 Duty to promote welfare of child.
- 6A Duty to consider alternatives to adoption.
- 7 Religious upbringing of adopted child.
- Supplemental
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- 9 Regulation of adoption agencies.
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- 11 Restriction on arranging adoptions and placing of children.
- Part II Adoption Orders
- The making of adoption orders
- 12 Adoption orders.
- 13 Child to live with adopters before order made.
- 14 Adoption by married couple.
- 15 Adoption by one person.
- 16 Parental agreement.
- 17 Convention adoption orders.
- Freeing for adoption
- 18 Freeing child for adoption.
- 19 Progress reports to former parent.
- 20 Revocation of s. 18 order.
- 21 Variation of section 18 order so as to substitute one adoption agency for another.
- Supplemental
- 22 Notification to local authority of adoption application.
- 22A Children subject to supervision requirements.
- 23 Reports where child placed by agency.
- 24 Restrictions on making adoption orders.
- 25 Interim orders.
- 25A Timetable for resolving question as to whether agreement to adoption order etc. should be dispensed with.
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- Part III Care and Protection of Children Awaiting Adoption
- Restrictions on removal of children
- 27 Restrictions on removal where adoption agreed or application made under s. 18.
- 28 Restrictions on removal where applicant has provided home for 5 years.
- 29 Return of child taken away in breach of s. 27 or 28.
- 29A Contravention of sections 30 to 36 of Adoption and Children Act 2002
- 30 Return of children placed for adoption by adoption agencies.
- 31 Application of s. 30 where child not placed for adoption.
- Protected children
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- Part IV Status of Adopted Children
- 38 Meaning of “adoption order”: in Part IV.
- 39 Status conferred by adoption.
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- 41 Miscellaneous enactments.
- 42 Pensions.
- 43 Insurance.
- 44 Effect of s. 39 on succession and inter vivos deed.
- Part V Registration and Revocation of Adoption Orders and Convention Adoptions
- 45 Adopted Children Register.
- 46 Revocation of adoptions on legitimation.
- 47 Annulment etc. of overseas adoptions.
- 48 Provisions supplementary to ss. 46(2) and 47.
- Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplemental
- 49 Adoption of children abroad.
- 50 Restriction on removal of children for adoption outside Great Britain.
- 50A Restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom for adoption
- 51 Prohibition on certain payments.
- 51A Adoption allowances schemes.
- 51B Transitional provisions as respects adoption allowances.
- 52 Restriction on advertisements.
- 53 Effect of determination and orders made in England and Wales and overseas in adoption proceedings.
- 53A Effect of certain orders made in England and Wales
- 53B Effect of placing for adoption etc. under Adoption and Children Act 2002
- 53C Further consequences of placement and placement orders
- 54 Evidence of adoption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- 55 Evidence of agreement and consent.
- 56 Courts.
- 57 Proceedings to be in private.
- 58 Curators ad litem and reporting officers.
- 59 Rules of procedure.
- 60 Orders, rules and regulations.
- 61 Offences by bodies corporate.
- 62 Service of notices etc.
- 63 Nationality.
- 64 Internal law of a country.
- 65 Interpretation.
- 66 Transitional provisions, amendments and repeals.
- 67 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Registration of Adoptions
- Registration of adoption orders
- Registration of adoptions in England, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
- Registration of foreign adoptions
- Amendment of orders and rectification of registers
- Marking of entries on re-registration of birth
- Cancellations in registers on legitimation
- SCHEDULE 2 Transitional Provisions and Savings
- General
- Existing adoption orders
- Payments relating to adoptions
- Registers of adoptions
- Commencement of Act
- SCHEDULE 3 Consequential Amendments
- Children Act 1958 (c. 65)
- Legitimation (Scotland Act 1968 (c. 22)
- Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)
- Children Act 1975 (c. 72)
- SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS
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