Regulation 11 Adoption agency decisions and notifications

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 11(1) rev.in pt. by Adoption Agencies and Children (Arrangements for Placement and Reviews) 1997 reg.2(9)(a)
reg. 11(1A) added by Adoption Agencies and Children (Arrangements for Placement and Reviews) 1997 reg.2(9)(b)
reg.11(2)(a) amended by Adoption Agencies and Children (Arrangements for Placement and Reviews) 1997 reg.2(9)(c)(i)
reg.11(2)(b) amended by Adoption Agencies and Children (Arrangements for Placement and Reviews) 1997 reg.2(9)(e)(ii)
reg.11(2)(e) revoked by Adoption Agencies and Children (Arrangements for Placement and Reviews) 1997 reg.2(9)(c) tiii)
regs 8, 8A, 10, 11 appl (E) by Adoption of Children from Overseas 2001 reg 4

(1)

An adoption agency shall make a decision on a matter referred to in regulation 10(1)(a), (b) or (c) only after taking into account the recommendation of the adoption panel made by virtue of that regulation on such matter.

(2)

As soon as possible after making such a decision the adoption agency shall, as the case may be, notify in writing—

(a)

the parents of the child, including the father of an illegitimate child where the agency considers this to be in the child's interests, or the guardian of the child, if their whereabouts are known to the agency, of its decision as to whether it considers adoption to be in the best interests of the child,

(b)

the persons to be notified under sub-paragraph (a), if it considers adoption to be in the best interests of the child, of its decision as to whether an application under section 14 of the 1975 Act (freeing child for adoption) should be made to free the child for adoption,

(c)

the prospective adopter of its decision as to whether it considers him to be suitable to be an adoptive parent, and

(d)

the prospective adopter of its decision that he would be suitable as such for a particular child.