{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-agencies-england-and-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-agencies-england-and-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2005/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2720",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-agencies-england-and-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 2000 Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;\n“the 2002 Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;\n“the 2005 Regulations” means the Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005;\n“adoptive child” means—\n(a) a child who has been adopted or in respect of whom a person has given notice of his intention to adopt under section 44 of the 2002 Act; or\n(b) a child whom an adoption agency has matched with a prospective adopter or placed for adoption;\n“adoptive parent” means—\n(a) a person who has adopted a child or has given notice under section 44 of the 2002 Act of his intention to adopt a child; or\n(b) a person with whom an adoption agency has matched a child or has placed a child for adoption;\n“agency” means an adoption support agency;\n“child” means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years;\n“children’s guide” means the written guide produced in accordance with regulation 5(4);\n“complaints procedure” means the procedure established under regulation 16(1);\n“organisation” means a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership;\n“registered manager” means, in relation to an agency, a person who is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act as the manager of the agency;\n“registered person” means, in relation to an agency, any person who is the registered provider or the registered manager;\n“registered provider” means, in relation to an agency, a person who is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act as the person carrying on the agency;\n“registration authority” means the Commission for Social Care Inspection;\n“responsible individual” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7(2)(c);\n“statement of purpose” means the written statement compiled in accordance with regulation 5(1).\n(2) In these Regulations any reference to employing a person includes employing a person whether or not for payment, and whether under a contract of service or a contract for services, and allowing a person to work as a volunteer, and references to an employee or to a person being employed shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/691."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Commission for Social Care Inspection was established by section 42 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/603",
      "affecting_title": "The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2720/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:50:10.031974+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."
}