Regulation 3 The Adoption and Children Act RegisterI1

England and Wales

The register^f1 may contain—

(a)

the information in Schedule 1A to the 2005 Regulations about children who an adoption agency or a Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish adoption agency is satisfied are suitable for adoption^f2 (“Part 1 of the register”);

(b)

the information in paragraphs 1 to 12 and 14 to 20 of Schedule 1A to the 2005 Regulations about children for whom a local authority in England is considering adoption^f3 (“Part 2 of the register”); and

(c)

the information in Schedule 4B to the 2005 Regulations about prospective adopters who an adoption agency or a Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish adoption agency is satisfied are suitable to adopt a child^f4 (“Part 3 of the register”).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 25.7.2014, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: See section 125 of the Act for the meaning of “the register”.
f2: See section 131(2)(a) and (2A)(a) of the 2002 Act for the definition of “suitable for adoption”.
f3: See section 22C(9A) of the Children Act 1989 (c.41) (inserted by section 2(3) of the 2014 Act) for the meaning of “considering adoption”.
f4: See section 131(2)(b) and (2A)(b) of the 2002 Act for the definition of “suitable to adopt a child”.