# The Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005, Regulation 26: Other pre-assessment information


The adoption agency must—
(a) obtain the information about the prospective adopter which is specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4,
(b) obtain a written report from a registered medical practitioner about the health of the prospective adopter following a full examination which must include the matters specified in Part 2 of Schedule 4 unless such a report has been made within 6 months of the panel’s consideration of the case under regulation 30A and is available to the agency,
(c) obtain a written report of each of the interviews with the persons nominated by the prospective adopter to provide personal references for the prospective adopter,
(d) where the adoption agency considers it necessary, obtain a personal reference from the prospective adopter’s former spouse, civil partner or partner,
(e) where it is not the local authority in whose area the prospective adopter has their home, ascertain whether the local authority in whose area the prospective adopter has their home has any information about the prospective adopter which may be relevant to an assessment of the prospective adopter’s suitability to adopt and if so obtain from that authority a written report setting out that information, and
(f) where the prospective adopter has their home in the local authority area for less than twelve months, also ascertain whether the local authority in whose area the prospective adopter previously had their home has any information about the prospective adopter which may be relevant to an assessment of the prospective adopter’s suitability to adopt and if so obtain from that authority a written report setting out that information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1313/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-26
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