{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/1313",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Prospective adopter matching plan",
  "text": "Except in a section 83 case, where an adoption agency has approved a prospective adopter as suitable to adopt a child in accordance with regulation 30B, the agency must prepare a written plan in consultation with the prospective adopter (“the prospective adopter matching plan”) which includes—\n(a) information about the duties of the adoption agency under Parts 5 and 6,\n(b) information about the role of the prospective adopter in identifying a child for whom they would be an appropriate adopter,\n(c) information about the process for making a representation (including a complaint) under the 2014 Regulations, and\n(d) any other matters that the agency considers relevant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1313/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:06:24.223286+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}