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BACKGROUND
The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 ('the 2007 Act') introduced a range of reforms into the law relating to adoption of, and permanent care for, children who cannot remain with their birth families.
Once the new legislation is commenced, the existing legislation - the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 ('the 1978 Act') - will be repealed, except to the extent necessary to maintain the legality of those adoptions that have already been made under it. One consequence of this is that existing Regulations made under the 1978 Act will no longer be valid. For that reason new Regulations require to be put in place to restate, and amend, extend and improve, existing Regulations. In doing this account will be taken of the report from the Adoption Policy Review Group ( APRG) Adoption: Better Choices for Our Children, which has already shaped the 2007 Act itself.
The present consultation paper deals with the draft Adoption (Supervision Requirement Report) (Scotland) Regulations.
Regulations are intended to supplement primary legislation - in this case the 2007 Act - so they do not generally repeat provision already there.
The full text of the 2007 Act may be found at:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2007/asp_20070004_en_1
The APRG Report Adoption: Better Choices for Our Children may be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/06/27140607/06107
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