# The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2020, Regulation 5: Amendment of the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011

Extent: E+W

(1) The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 26 (assessment of prospective foster parent)—
(a) for the opening words of paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) Subject to paragraphs (2A) and (3), where the fostering service provider have obtained all the information set out in paragraph (1A) and have not given the notification in paragraph (1B), the fostering service provider must—”, and
(b) after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) The fostering service provider may comply with paragraph (2)(a) even if the information required by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 has yet to be obtained.
(2B) A fostering service provider must keep a record of any decision made in accordance with paragraph (2A).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/909/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-coronavirus-amendment-no2-regulations-2020/regulation-5
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