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The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Nepal (Scotland) Order 2010

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2010-03-24

State In force

Jurisdiction Scotland

Department Queen's Printer for Scotland

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Made: 24th March 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 25th March 2010

Coming into force: 3rd May 2010

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section62(3) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Nepal (Scotland) Order2010 and comes into force on 3rd May 2010.

Declaration of special restrictions

2

Special restrictions[^f00002] apply in relation to the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Nepal in the cases mentioned in section62(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act2007.

Signed

ADAM INGRAM — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 24th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order applies the special restrictions which are set out in section64(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (“theAct”) in relation to the adoption of children from Nepal. As a result the Scottish Ministers will not be permitted to take any steps to further the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Nepal for the purposes of adoption, unless they are satisfied that they should do so under section64(2) of the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 asp4.

[^f00002]: “Special restrictions” are defined in section64(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

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