{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-adoption-support-agencies-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-adoption-support-agencies-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/12",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Support Services (Adoption Support Agencies) (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-adoption-support-agencies-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Adoption support services",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 8(1) of the 2002 Act, the following services (in addition to other services prescribed for the purposes of section 2(6) of the 2002 Act) are prescribed as adoption support services—\n(a) assistance to adoptive parents, adoptive children, former guardians and related persons in relation to arrangements for contact between an adoptive child and a birth parent, former guardian or a related person of the adoptive child;\n(b) services that may be provided in relation to the therapeutic needs of a child in relation to the child’s adoption;\n(c) assistance for the purpose of ensuring the continuance of the relationship between a child and the child’s adoptive parent, including—\n(i) training for the adoptive parent for the purpose of meeting any special needs of the child arising from that adoption, and\n(ii) subject to paragraph (2), respite care;\n(d) assistance where disruption in an adoption placement has occurred or is in danger of occurring, including—\n(i) mediation, and\n(ii) organising and running meetings to discuss disruptions in adoption placements;\n(e) assistance to adopted persons who have attained the age of 18 in obtaining information in respect of their adoption or facilitating contact between such persons and their relatives;\n(f) assistance to relatives of adopted persons who have attained the age of 18 in obtaining information in respect of that adoption or facilitating contact between such persons and the adopted person;\n(g) services to enable groups of adoptive children, adoptive parents and birth parents or former guardians of an adoptive child to discuss matters relating to adoption.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)(ii), respite care consisting of the provision of accommodation must be accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority under section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 or by a voluntary organisation under section 59 of the Children Act 1989.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), “disruption in an adoption placement” refers to the disruption of adoption arrangements at any point from and including when a child is introduced to prospective adopters, through the period of placement and beyond the making of an adoption order.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e) and (f), “relative” means any person who but for their adoption would be related to the adopted person by blood, including half blood, marriage or civil partnership.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "An undertaking that constitutes an adoption support agency within the meaning of section 8 of the 2002 Act is required to register as an “adoption service” under paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 1 to the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the services prescribed in regulation 3 of S.I. 2005/1512 (W. 116) and regulation 3(4) of S.I. 2005/2701 (W. 190)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2014 anaw 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/12/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:00.476264+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."
}