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Regulation 22 Child subject to supervision requirement: referral to the Principal Reporter

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(1)

This regulation applies where–

(a)

an adoption agency which is a local authority is under a duty to refer the case of the child to the Principal Reporter under section 73(4)(c)(i) or (v) of the 1995 Act; or

(b)

an adoption agency which is a registered adoption service is under a duty to refer the case of a child to the Principal Reporter under section 106 of the Act.

(2)

The referral to the Principal Reporter shall not be made unless the adoption agency–

(a)

has received the certificate referred to in regulation 16(3)(b) or 17(3)(b) confirming the agreement of each parent or guardian of the child to the decision of the adoption agency; or

(b)

regulation 20 applies.

(3)

The referral to the Principal Reporter must be made in the form set out in Schedule 8 or in a form to like effect.