{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Prospective adopter stage one plan",
  "text": "The adoption agency must prepare a written plan in consultation with the prospective adopter (“the prospective adopter stage one plan”) which includes the following matters—\n(a) information about the counselling, information and preparation for adoption to be provided under regulation 24;\n(b) the procedure for carrying out police checks under regulation 25;\n(c) details of any training that the prospective adopter has agreed to undertake;\n(d) information about the role of the prospective adopter in the stage one process;\n(e) any applicable timescales;\n(f) information about the process for making a representation (including a complaint) under the 1989 Regulations; and\n(g) any other information that the agency considers relevant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 substituted (1.7.2013) by The Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/985), regs. 1, 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/389/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:30.220847+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}