Amendment of the Sheriff Court Adoption Rules 2009
6.—(1) The Sheriff Court Adoption Rules 2009(1) are amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In rule 39 (permanence orders: final procedure)(2)—
(a)for paragraph (1), substitute—
“(1) This rule applies where a permanence order is granted.
(1A) The sheriff clerk must issue an extract of the order to the petitioner after—
(a)the expiry of the period within which an appeal may be made, if no appeal is made; or
(b)the appeal has been finally disposed of.
(1B) Where the court has also made an order under section 89(2) of the 2007 Act (revocation of compulsory supervision order on making of permanence order), the sheriff clerk must intimate the making of that order to the Principal Reporter.”;
(b)in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)” substitute “paragraphs (1A) and (1B)”.
The Sheriff Court Adoption Rules 2009 are in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007) 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/284, last amended by S.S.I. 2015/419).
Rule 39 was amended by S.S.I. 2013/172.