Scottish Government

Adoption Agencies Scottish Legislation

The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2009/ssi_20090154_en_1

The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 2009 - The Amendments - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2010/ssi_20100172_en_1

The Adoption Support Services and Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2009 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2009/ssi_20090152_en_1

The Adoption Supervision Requirement Reports in Applications for Permanence Orders (Scotland) Regulations 2009 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2009/ssi_20090169_en_1

Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2007/asp_20070004_en_1

The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2009/ssi_20090210_en_1

Intercountry Adoption Legislation

The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2009/ssi_20090182_en_1

The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2008/ssi_20080303_en_1

Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1999/ukpga_19990018_en_1

The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1995/ukpga_19950036_en_1

The Hague Convention - http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.status&cid=69

The Home Office - UK Border Agency - http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Lead Organisations

British Association for Adoption and Fostering - http://www.baaf.org.uk/local/scot/index.shtml

Children Adopted from China - http://www.cach.org.uk/index.php

Citizens Advice Scotland - http://www.cas.org.uk/

Intercountry Adoption Centre - http://www.icacentre.org.uk/

Looked After Children Scotland - http://www.lookedafterchildrenscotland.org.uk/

Scottish Adoption Association - http://www.scottishadoption.org/

Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum - http://www.scottishthroughcare.org.uk/

The Fostering Network - http://www.fostering.net/scotland

Who Cares? Scotland - http://www.whocaresscotland.org/