Children Act 1975

102 Evidence of agreement and consent

(1) Any agreement or consent which is required by Part I, except section 24(6), or Part II to be given to the making of any order or application for an order may be given in writing, and, if the document Signifying the agreement or consent is—

(a) in the case of an adoption order or an application for an order under section 14, witnessed in accordance with rules, or

(b) in the case of an application made under Part II, witnessed in accordance with rules of court,

it shall be admissible in evidence without further proof of the signature of the person by whom it was executed.

(2) A document signifying such agreement or consent which purports to be witnessed in accordance with rules or, as the case may be, with rules of court shall be presumed to be so witnessed, and to have been executed and witnessed on the date and at the place specified in the document, unless the contrary is proved.

(3) In the application of this section to Scotland—

(a) for " made under Part II" there is substituted " to which Part II applies ";

(b) for " admissible in evidence" there is substituted " sufficient evidence "; and

(c) for " rules of court" there is substituted " act of sederunt ".