Part 1Adoption
C1Chapter 2The adoption process
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Pre-adoption requirements
I1C118C1Notification to local authority of adoption application
1
Subsection (2) applies where a child was not placed for adoption with the applicants by an adoption agency.
2
An adoption order may not be made in relation to the child unless the applicants have, at least 3 months before the date of the order, given notice to the appropriate local authority of their intention to apply for the order.
3
In subsection (2), “appropriate local authority” means—
a
where the applicants have their home in Scotland, the local authority within whose area the home is situated,
b
where they have their home outwith Scotland, any local authority.
Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied in part (28.9.2009) by Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/182), regs. 1(1), 9(1)