Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Adoption Chapter 7 - Miscellaneous Section 109: Effect of certain Scottish orders and provisions
Subsection (1) provides that a Scottish adoption order or an interim adoption order will have the same effect in Northern Ireland as it has in Scotland. Subsection (2) provides that Scottish permanence orders which include provision granting authority for a child to be adopted are to have effect in Northern Ireland as they do in Scotland. Subsection (3) provides for it to be an offence in Northern Ireland to contravene the restrictions on removing a child who is living with prospective adopters where the adoption has been agreed or where the person applying for adoption has provided the home (the provisions in sections 20 - 22 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007). The penalty, set out in subsection (3), is three months' imprisonment or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
Subsection (5) allows for orders made under section 24 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (return of child removed in breach of certain provisions) to have effect in Northern Ireland as if they were orders of the High Court under section 37 of this Act (recovery orders).