Regulation 6 Meetings of adoption panelF1
England and Wales
No business may be conducted by an adoption panel unless at least the following meet as the panel—
either the person appointed to chair the panel or one of the vice chairs,
one person falling within regulation 3(1)(a),
three, or in the case of an adoption panel established under regulation 4(3) four, other members and where the chair is not present and the vice chair is not an independent person, at least one other panel member must be an independent person.
An adoption panel must make a written record of its proceedings, its recommendations and the reasons for its recommendations.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 3-8 substituted for reg. 3-10 (1.4.2011) by The Adoption Agencies and Independent Review of Determinations (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/589), regs. 1, 2 (with reg. 3)