Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
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39 Status conferred by adoption.
(1) A child who is the subject of an adoption order shall be treated in law— (a) where the adopters are a married couple, as if— (i) he had been born as a... child of the marriage (whether or not he was in fact born after the marriage was constituted); and (ii) subject to subsection (2A) he were not the child of any person other than the adopters; (b) where the adoption order is made by virtue of section 15(1)(aa) as if— (i) he had been born as a ... child of the marriage between the adopter and the natural parent to whom the adopter is married (whether or not he was in fact born after the marriage was constituted); and (ii) subject to subsection (2A) he were not the child of any person other than the adopter and that natural parent; and (c) in any other case, as if— (i) he had been born as a ... child of the adopter; and (ii) subject to subsection (2A) he were not the child of any person other than the adopter. (2) Where a child has been adopted by one of his natural parents as sole adoptive parent and the adopter thereafter marries the other natural parent, subsection (1) shall not affect any enactment or rule of law whereby, by virtue of the marriage, the child is rendered the ... child of both natural parents. (2A) Where, in the case of a child adopted under a Convention adoption, the Court of Session is satisfied, on an application under this subsection— (a) that under the law of the country in which the adoption was effected the adoption is not a full adoption; (b) that the consents referred to in Article 4(c) and (d) of the Convention have not been given for a full adoption, or that the United Kingdom is not the receiving State (within the meaning of Article 2 of the Convention); and (c) that it would be more favourable to the child for a direction to be given under this subsection, the Court may direct that sub-paragraph (ii) of, as the case may be, paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to such extent as may be specified in the direction: and in this subsection “full adoption” means an adoption by virtue of which the child falls to be treated in law as if he were not the child of any person other than the adopters or adopter. (3) This section has effect— (a) in the case of an adoption before 1st January 1976, from that date, and (b) in the case of any other adoption, from the date of the adoption. (4) Subject to the provisions of this Part, this section— (a) applies for the construction of enactments or instruments passed or made before or after the commencement of this Act so far as the context admits; and (b) does not affect things done or events occurring before the adoption or, where the adoption took place before 1st January 1976, before that date. (5) This section has effect subject to the provisions of section 44.
39 Status conferred by adoption.
(1) A child who is the subject of an adoption order shall be treated in law— (a) where the adopters are a married couple, as if— (i) he had been born as a... child of the marriage (whether or not he was in fact born after the marriage was constituted); and (ii) subject to subsection (2A) he were not the child of any person other than the adopters; (b) where the adoption order is made by virtue of section 15(1)(aa) as if— (i) he had been born as a ... child of the marriage between the adopter and the natural parent to whom the adopter is married (whether or not he was in fact born after the marriage was constituted); and (ii) subject to subsection (2A) he were not the child of any person other than the adopter and that natural parent; and (c) in any other case, as if— (i) he had been born as a ... child of the adopter; and (ii) subject to subsection (2A) he were not the child of any person other than the adopter. (2) Where a child has been adopted by one of his natural parents as sole adoptive parent and the adopter thereafter marries the other natural parent, subsection (1) shall not affect any enactment or rule of law whereby, by virtue of the marriage, the child is rendered the ... child of both natural parents. (2A) Where, in the case of a child adopted under a Convention adoption, the Court of Session is satisfied, on an application under this subsection— (a) that under the law of the country in which the adoption was effected the adoption is not a full adoption; (b) that the consents referred to in Article 4(c) and (d) of the Convention have not been given for a full adoption, or that the United Kingdom is not the receiving State (within the meaning of Article 2 of the Convention); and (c) that it would be more favourable to the child for a direction to be given under this subsection, the Court may direct that sub-paragraph (ii) of, as the case may be, paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to such extent as may be specified in the direction: and in this subsection “full adoption” means an adoption by virtue of which the child falls to be treated in law as if he were not the child of any person other than the adopters or adopter. (3) This section has effect— (a) in the case of an adoption before 1st January 1976, from that date, and (b) in the case of any other adoption, from the date of the adoption. (4) Subject to the provisions of this Part, this section— (a) applies for the construction of enactments or instruments passed or made before or after the commencement of this Act so far as the context admits; and (b) does not affect things done or events occurring before the adoption or, where the adoption took place before 1st January 1976, before that date. (5) This section has effect subject to the provisions of section 44.
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