{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/schedule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/schedule-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/38",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/6",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Glossary",
  "text": "In this Act, the expressions listed in the left-hand column below have the meaning given by, or are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions of this Act or (where stated) of the 1989 Act or the 2014 Act listed in the right-hand column.\nExpression\nProvision\nthe 1989 Act\nsection 2(5)\nthe 2014 Act\nsection 2(5)\nAdopted Children Register\nsection 77\nAdoption and Children Act Register\nsection 125\nadoption (in relation to Chapter 4 of Part 1)\nsection 66\nadoption agency\nsection 2(1)\nadoption agency placing a child for adoption\nsection 18(5)\nAdoption Contact Register\nsection 80\nadoption order\nsection 46(1)\nAdoption Service\nsection 2(1)\nadoption society\nsection 2(5)\nadoption support agency\nsection 8\nadoption support services\nsection 2(6)\nappointed day (in relation to Chapter 4 of Part 1)\nsection 66(2)\nappropriate Minister\nsection 144\nAssembly\nsection 144\nbody\nsection 144\nby virtue of\nsection 144\ncare order\nsection 105(1) of the 1989 Act\nchild\nsections 49(5) and 144\nchild arrangements order\nsection 8(1) of the 1989 Act\nchild assessment order\nsection 43(2) of the 1989 Act\nchild in the care of a local authority\nsection 105(1) of the 1989 Act\nchild looked after by a local authority (in relation to a local authority in England)\nsection 22 of the 1989 Act\nchild looked after by a local authority (in relation to a local authority in Wales)\nsection 74 of the 2014 Act\nchild placed for adoption by an adoption agency\nsection 18(5)\nchild to be adopted, adopted child\nsection 49(5)\nconsent (in relation to making adoption orders or placing for adoption)\nsection 52\nthe Convention\nsection 144\nConvention adoption\nsection 66(1)(c)\nConvention adoption order\nsection 144\nConvention country\nsection 144\ncouple\nsection 144(4)\ncourt\nsection 144\ndisposition (in relation to Chapter 4 of Part 1)\nsection 73\nenactment\nsection 144\nfee\nsection 144\nguardian\nsection 144\ninformation\nsection 144\ninterim care order\nsection 38 of the 1989 Act\nlocal authority\nsection 144\nlocal authority foster parent\nsection 105(1) of the 1989 Act\nNorthern Irish adoption agency\nsection 144\nNorthern Irish adoption order\nsection 144\nnotice\nsection 144\nnotice of intention to adopt\nsection 44(2)\noverseas adoption\nsection 87\nparental responsibility\nsection 3 of the 1989 Act\npartner, in relation to a parent of a child\nsection 144(7)\nplacement order\nsection 21\nplacing, or placed, for adoption\nsections 18(5) and 19(4)\nprohibited steps order\nsection 8(1) of the 1989 Act\nrecords (in relation to Chapter 5 of Part 1)\nsection 82\nregistered adoption society\nsection 2(2)\nregisters of live-births (in relation to Chapter 5 of Part 1)\nsection 82\nregistration authority (in Part 1)\nsection 144\nregulations\nsection 144\nrelative\nsection 144, read with section 1(8)\n. . .\n. . .\nrules\nsection 144\nScottish adoption agency\nsection 144(3)\nScottish adoption order\nsection 144\nspecific issue order\nsection 8(1) of the 1989 Act\nsubordinate legislation\nsection 144\nsupervision order\nsection 31(11) of the 1989 Act\nunitary authority\nsection 144\nvoluntary organisation\nsection 2(5)",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 inserted (22.4.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 2 para. 65(2); S.I. 2014/889, art. 4(f) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/1042, arts. 3, 4, 6-10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 198(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 2 para. 65(3); S.I. 2014/889, art. 4(f) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/1042, arts. 3, 4, 6-10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:55.944329+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."
}