SCHEDULES
F1F1SCHEDULE 2
10
In section 16 (provision for parental agreement to adoption order)—
a
for subsection (2) substitute—
2
The grounds mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(ii) are, that the parent or guardian—
a
is not known, cannot be found or is incapable of giving agreement;
b
is withholding agreement unreasonably;
c
has persistently failed, without reasonable cause, to fulfil one or other of the following parental responsibilities in relation to the child—
i
the responsibility to safeguard and promote the child’s health, development and welfare; or
ii
if the child is not living with him, the responsibility to maintain personal relations and direct contact with the child on a regular basis;
d
has seriously ill-treated the child, whose reintegration into the same household as the parent or guardian is, because of the serious ill-treatment or for other reasons, unlikely.
b
subsection (5) shall cease to have effect.
Sch. 2 repealed (28.9.2009) by Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), ss. 120(2), 121(2), Sch. 3; S.S.I. 2009/267, arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 3-21)