Regulation 4 Duties of an adoption agency and adoption panel functions in respect of a prospective adopter
This regulation applies to—
a local authority to which a prospective adopter has applied for assessment in accordance with regulation 3(2)(a); and
an approved adoption society which has agreed to assess a prospective adopter who has applied to it in accordance with that regulation.
An adoption panel to which the case of a prospective adopter is referred shall consider the case and make a recommendation to the referring adoption agency as to whether the prospective adopter is suitable to be an adoptive parent, in accordance with regulation 10 (adoption panel functions)f3 of those Regulations.
The adoption agency shall—
make a decision as to the suitability of the prospective adopter to be an adoptive parent and notify him of its decision, in accordance with regulation 11A (adoption agency decisions and notifications—prospective adopters)f4 of the 1983 Regulations; and
where the agency has decided to approve the prospective adopter as suitable to be an adoptive parent, notify the Secretary of State in writing of that decision and provide to him—
all 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
such other information relating to the prospective adopter’s case as he may require.