# The Adoption of Children from Overseas Regulations 2001, Regulation 4: Duties of an adoption agency and adoption panel functions in respect of a prospective adopter


(1) This regulation applies to—
(a) a local authority to which a prospective adopter has applied for assessment in accordance with regulation 3(2)(a); and
(b) an approved adoption society which has agreed to assess a prospective adopter who has applied to it in accordance with that regulation.
(2) The adoption agency shall assess a prospective adopter in accordance with regulations 8 (adoption agency’s duties in respect of a prospective adopter) and 8A (criminal conviction of a prospective adopter) of the 1983 Regulations.
(3) 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) of those Regulations.
(4) The adoption agency shall—
(a) 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) of the 1983 Regulations; and
(b) 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—
(i) 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
(ii) such other information relating to the prospective adopter’s case as he may require.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1251/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-of-children-from-overseas-regulations-2001/regulation-4
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