Establishment of Adoption Service.
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Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 Part I — The Adoption Service
The Adoption Service
Local authorities’ social work.
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Adoption societies
Approval of adoption societies.
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Withdrawal of approval.
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Procedure on refusal to approve, or withdrawal of approval from, adoption societies.
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Welfare of children
Duty to promote welfare of child.
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Duty to consider alternatives to adoption.
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Religious upbringing of adopted child.
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Supplemental
Regulation of adoption agencies.
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Restriction on arranging adoptions and placing of children.
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