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Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

England and Wales

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;

  • “C” means a child whose information is held on the registerf1;

  • “P” means a prospective adopter that an adoption agencyf2 is satisfied is suitable to adopt a child; and

  • “Part 1 of the register” and “Part 2 of the register” have the meaning given in regulation 3 of the Adoption and Children Act Register Regulations 2014f3.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in force at 2.11.2017, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

See section 131(1)(c) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) for the definition of “the register”.

f2

See section 131(1)(za) of the 2002 Act for the definition of “adoption agency”.

f3

S.I. 2014/1492.