Regulation 2 Amendment of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005

(1)

The Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005^f1 (exceptions) is amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 4(4)—

(a)

for “an individual” substitute “a person”, and

(b)

omit “(otherwise than in a partnership with others)”.

(3)

After regulation 4(4) insert—

“(5)

An undertaking is not an adoption support agency merely because it provides counselling in relation to adoption to a person who has attained the age of 18.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2005/2720 amended by S.I. 2010/465; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.