Regulation 34 Amendment of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983

(1)

The Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 5A (tenure of office of members) after paragraph (1A) insert—

“(1B)

Where an adoption agency extended the term of office of a member of its adoption panel in accordance with paragraph (1A) and that term of office is due to expire on or before 29th December 2005, the agency may extend the term of office of that member up to (and including) 29th December 2005.”.

(3)

In regulation 16 (transfer of case records)—

(a)

at the beginning of paragraph (2) insert “Subject to paragraph (2A),”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

An appropriate voluntary organisation which intends to cease to act as such and to seek to be registered as a person who carries on an adoption support agency or is treated as having applied for and been granted registration in respect of an adoption support agency may, with the approval of the registration authority, retain its case records in relation to persons adopted before 30th December 2005.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1983/1964; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1997/649 and 2003/2555.