Regulation 29 Prospective adopter assessment planF1

The adoption agency must prepare a written plan in consultation with the prospective adopter (“the prospective adopter assessment plan”) which includes the following matters—

(a)

the procedure for assessing the prospective adopter’s suitability to adopt a child,

(b)

any applicable timescales,

(c)

the arrangements for the prospective adopter to receive any additional counselling or preparation for adoption,

(d)

details of any training that the prospective adopter has agreed to undertake,

(e)

information about the role of the prospective adopter in the assessment process,

(f)

information about the process for submitting representations or applying to the Welsh Ministers for a review under regulation 30B(5)(c), and

(g)

any other matters which the agency considers relevant.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 4 substituted (1.4.2020) by The Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/163), regs. 1(2), 10 (with reg. 18)