# The Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983, Regulation 3: Annual reports and information to be provided by approved adoption societies


Every approved adoption society shall—
(a) furnish the Secretary of State with two copies of the society's annual report as soon as is reasonably practicable after the issue thereof and with such other information as and when the Secretary of State may from time to time require;
(b) notify the Secretary of State in writing of any change in the society's name or in the address of its registered or head office within one month after such change;
(c) where the society proposes to cease, or expects to cease, to act as an adoption society, so notify the Secretary of State in writing not less than one month, or as soon as is reasonably practicable, before the date when the society will cease, or expects to cease, so to act; and
(d) where the society has ceased to act as an adoption society, notify the Secretary of State in writing that it has ceased so to act as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1964/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-1983/regulation-3
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