Part 1Adoption

C1Chapter 2The adoption process

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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.