# The Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 4: Suitability of Adopters Regulations 2005


(1) The Suitability of Adopters Regulations 2005 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (making reports in respect of the suitability to adopt a child)—
(a) for the words “regulations 25(5)” substitute “regulations 30(2)”;
(b) for the words “and 29(4)” substitute “and 30D(4)”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for the words “regulation 21” substitute “regulation 24(1)”;
(d) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “regulation 24” substitute “regulation 24(1)(f)”;
(e) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “regulation 23(1)(a) and (b)” substitute “regulation 25(1)”;
(f) for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d) any information or reports obtained under regulation 26;”; and
(g) omit sub-paragraph (f).
(3) In regulation 4(1) (determining the suitability to adopt a child)—
(a) for the words “regulation 27” substitute “regulation 30B”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words “regulation 25(5)” substitute “regulation 30(2)”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “regulation 25(3)(a)” substitute “regulation 26(b)”;
(d) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “regulation 25(3)(b)” substitute “regulation 26(c)”;
(e) in sub-paragraph (d) for the words “regulation 26(1)” substitute “regulation 30A(1)”; and
(f) in sub-paragraph (e) for the words “regulation 26(2)(b)” substitute “regulation 30A(2)(b)”.
(4) In regulation 5 (cases in which a person is unlikely to be suitable to adopt a child)—
(a) for the words “regulation 25(7)” substitute “regulation 30(4)”; and
(b) for the words “regulation 25(2), (3) or (4)” substitute “regulation 26”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/985/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2013/schedule/paragraph-4
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