Regulation 30F Application of Part 4 with modifications to specified personsF1
This paragraph applies where the adoption agency is satisfied that the prospective adopter—
is an approved foster parent, or
has, at any time, adopted a child—
in England and Wales, after having been assessed as suitable to adopt in accordance with these Regulations or the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005, or
after having been assessed as suitable to adopt in accordance with the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).
Where paragraph (1) applies Part 4 has effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 4A.
Where the prospective adopter is an approved foster parent and consents, the adoption agency may request access to any relevant records compiled in relation to that approval by the fostering services provider.
In this regulation, “approved foster parent” means a person who is approved as a foster parent in accordance with the Fostering Panels (Establishment and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2018 but does not include a person with whom a child is placed under regulation 26 (temporary approval of a relative, friend or other person connected with C) or 28 (temporary approval of a particular prospective adopter as a foster parent) of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015.
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)