The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad) (Scotland) Regulations 2008
These Regulations make provision under the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (“the Act”) in relation to restrictions on adoptions from abroad. Where an order has been made under section 62(3) of the Act specifying a country to which special restrictions will apply, the Scottish Ministers will not be permitted to take any steps to further the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from that country for the purposes of adoption. However, the Scottish Ministers may decide to take those steps if they are satisfied that they should do so in a particular case. These Regulations set out the procedures to be followed by the Scottish Ministers when determining whether or not to take those steps. They also allow the Scottish Ministers to specify existing additional steps which they must take in relation to adoptions from certain restricted countries and extra conditions are imposed in that regard.