{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Prospective adopter assessment plan",
  "text": "The adoption agency must prepare a written plan in consultation with the prospective adopter (“the prospective adopter assessment plan”) which includes the following matters—\n(a) the procedure for assessing the prospective adopter’s suitability to adopt a child;\n(b) any applicable timescales;\n(c) the arrangements for the prospective adopter to receive any additional counselling or preparation for adoption;\n(d) details of any training that the prospective adopter has agreed to undertake;\n(e) information about the role of the prospective adopter in the assessment process;\n(f) information about the process for submitting representations or applying to the Secretary of State for a review under regulation 30B(5)(c); and\n(g) any other matters which 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/29",
    "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."
}