{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-bringing-children-into-the-united-kingdom-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-bringing-children-into-the-united-kingdom-regulations-2003/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1173",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption (Bringing Children into the United Kingdom) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-bringing-children-into-the-united-kingdom-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duties of an adoption agency",
  "text": "In a case where the adoption agency has determined and approved a person who has applied for an assessment under regulation 3 as eligible and suitable to adopt in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983, that agency must notify the Secretary of State in writing of that decision and provide to him—\n(a) all the information considered by the adoption panel before making a recommendation to the agency as to whether the prospective adopter is suitable to be an adoptive parent; and\n(b) such other information relating to the case as he and the relevant foreign authority may require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amending instrument are S.I. No. 1997/649, 2308, 2001/2237, 2992, 2002/ 808, 2469 and 3220 and 2003/367."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1173/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:25:09.583751+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."
}