Article 7 Non-Convention adoptions – conditions to be met by prospective adopters under section 83(5) of the 2002 Act

This paragraph applies in a case where, before the appointed day, the prospective adopter received notification from the Secretary of State that she had issued the certificate referred to in regulation 5(a) of the Adoption (Bringing Children into the United Kingdom) Regulations 2003^f1.

Where paragraph (1) applies and the prospective adopter has visited the child but the child has not entered the United Kingdom before the appointed day, regulation 4(2)(b) to (d) of the Foreign Element Regulations shall not apply.

Where paragraph (1) applies and the child has entered the United Kingdom but the prospective adopter had not, before the appointed day, given notice of intention to adopt pursuant to regulation 5(b) of the Adoption (Bringing Children into the United Kingdom) Regulations 2003, regulation 4(2)(b) to (d) and (3) of the Foreign Element Regulations shall not apply.