{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-register-regulations-2014/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-register-regulations-2014/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1492",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children Act Register Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-register-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Information to be provided for entry in Part 2 of the register",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Where an adoption agency provides information for entry in Part 2 of the register, the agency must confirm to the Secretary of State that it is considering adoption for that child.\n(3) Where an adoption agency becomes aware of any changes to the information provided under this regulation, the agency must notify the Secretary of State of those changes as soon as is reasonably practicable.\n(4) An adoption agency which has provided information about a child to the Secretary of State under this regulation must notify the Secretary of State when the agency has decided to place that child under section 22C(5) of the Children Act 1989 with a local authority foster parent who has been approved as a prospective adopter following consideration in accordance with section 22C(9B)(c) of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 4(1) omitted (1.5.2019) by virtue of The Children’s Homes etc. Inspection Fees, Childcare Fees, Adoption and Children Act Register (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/835), regs. 1(2), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 25.7.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c.41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 22C was inserted by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23) and amended by section 2 of the 2014 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1492/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:13:43.449543+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."
}