Ian Miller, consultant for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering, said there had been many changes in adoption since the last piece of legislation in Scotland, the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978.
"It's appropriate to consider whether the legislation is still suitable," he added.
The Scottish Executive said that it would be premature to comment.
It said it would wait until it received a report from a review group, due near the end of this year, before deciding if new legislation was required.
The review group was set up last September under sheriff principal Graham Cox.
A spokesman for the Executive said: "It's up to the review group to make recommendations to ministers. We will have to consider what's in their report."
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