Version Superseded: 28/09/2009
Point in time view as at 01/06/2003. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, Section 55 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Any agreement or consent which is required by this Act to be given to the making of an order or application for an order F1... may be given in writing, and, if the document signifying the agreement or consent is witnessed in accordance with rules, it shall be sufficient 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, 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 55(1) repealed (1.6.2003) by Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18), s. 18(3), Sch. 3 (with s. 17); S.S.I. 2003/121, art. 2(j)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 55 excluded (transitionally) S.I. 1984/1050, art. 4, Sch. para. 2
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