Regulation 11 Adoption agency decision on review

(1)

Where an adoption agency receives a recommendation from the adoption panel under regulation 10(8), the adoption agency must make a decision on whether the prospective adopter continues to be suitable to be an adoptive parent within 14 days from the date of the recommendation.

(2)

Regulations 8(2) to (6) and 9 shall apply to that recommendation or, as the case may be, decision as if–

(a)

references to the recommendation of an adoption panel were references to a recommendation under regulation 10(8);

(b)

in regulation 9(1) and (3) references to a decision were to a decision under paragraph (1); and

(c)

the reference to the report provided to the adoption panel under regulation 7(5)(d) were a reference to the report provided to the panel under regulation 10(5)(a).