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Regulation 2 Interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In these Regulations —

  • “the 1983 Regulations” ( “Rheoliadau 1983” ) means the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983f1;

  • “the 2001 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2001”) means the Adoption of Children from Overseas Regulations 2001f2;

  • “adoption panel” (“panel mabwysiadu”) has the same meaning as in the 1983 Regulations;

  • “prospective adopter” (“darpar fabwysiadydd”) means a person habitually resident in the British Islandsf3 who at any time brings into the United Kingdom for the purposes of adoption (other than adoption by a parent, guardian or relative) a child who is habitually resident outside those islands.

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1983/1964, as amended by S.I. 1997/649 and S.I. 1997/2308.

f2

S.I. 2001/ 1251.

f3

By reference to section 5 of and Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), “British Islands” means Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.