Regulation 12A Requirement to identify potential prospective adoptersF1

England and Wales

(1)

The adoption agency must—

(a)

identify prospective adopters who may be suitable to adopt the child, and

(b)

use its best endeavours to identify a particular prospective adopter with whom it proposes the child is placed, as soon as reasonably practicable.

(2)

Where the adoption agency is considering adoption for two or more siblings it must, in carrying out the duties in paragraph (1), consider whether to seek to identify prospective adopters who may be suitable to adopt two or more of the siblings together, having regard to the best interests of each sibling.

(3)

In determining whether a prospective adopter may be suitable to adopt the child, the adoption agency must assess the ability of the prospective adopter to meet the needs of the child throughout childhood.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 12A, 12B inserted (25.7.2014) by The Adoption and Care Planning (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1556), regs. 1, 5