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Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
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· 2007-01-15
2025-06-22
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
Changes on 2025-06-22
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- (2) The court or adoption agency must have regard to all the circumstances of the case.
- (3) The court or adoption agency is to regard the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of the child throughout the child's life as the paramount consideration.
- (3A) When considering the child's welfare, the court is to have regard to any risk of prejudice to the child's welfare that delay in proceedings would pose.
- (4) The court or adoption agency must, so far as is reasonably practicable, have regard in particular to—
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[^key-b66ca95ab8b829d88b680aecbd5311a7]: Words in [s. 55(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/4/section/55/8) substituted (30.11.2022) by [The Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1174)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1174), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1174/article/1/2), [27(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1174/article/27/c)
[^key-cf844a6a84acc5dd6c74515a3618c650]: [S. 14(3A)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/4/section/14/3A) inserted (22.6.2025) by [Children (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 16)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/16), [ss. 30(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/16/section/30/5), [34(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/16/section/34/2); [S.S.I. 2025/157](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/157), [reg. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/157/regulation/2)
#### Allowances for care of certain children: regulations
#### Rules of procedure
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#### Permanence orders
#### Duration
#### Permanence orders
#### Family member's right to require review of plan
#### Permanence orders: mandatory provision
#### Rules: appointment of curators ad litem and reporting officers
#### Allowances for care of certain children: regulations
#### Notification of proposed application for order
#### Rules: appointment of curators ad litem and reporting officers
#### Child subject to compulsory supervision order: duty to refer to Principal Reporter
#### Proceedings to be in private
#### Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
#### Duty of local authority to provide adoption service
#### Carrying out of duties imposed by section 1
### CHAPTER 1A — Scotland's Adoption Register
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- (4) Information is to be kept in the Register in any form the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
#### Registration organisation
#### Supply of information for the Register
##### 13B
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Nothing authorised or required to be done by virtue of this Chapter constitutes an offence under section 72(2) or 75(1).
#### Return of child removed in breach of certain provisions
#### Application: effect on compulsory supervision order
#### Allowances for care of certain children: regulations
#### Return of child placed for adoption by adoption agency
#### Interim orders and revocation of compulsory supervision order
#### Evidence of consent
#### Rules of procedure
#### Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships
#### Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
#### Ancillary provision
#### Short title and commencement
2022-11-30
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2018-12-21
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2017-04-01
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2013-06-24
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2012-05-07
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2011-04-01
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2010-04-06
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2010-01-27
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2009-10-01
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2009-09-28
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2009-09-01
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2009-04-20
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2009-04-06
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2008-09-01
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2008-04-07
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
2007-01-15
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
original version
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