# The Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005, Regulation 13: Request for assessment

Extent: E+W

(1) The following persons are prescribed for the purposes of section 4(1)(b) of the Act (persons at whose request an assessment must be carried out)—
(a) a child of an adoptive parent (whether or not adopted);
(b) a child who is the natural sibling (whether full or half-blood) of an adoptive child;
(c) a related person in relation to an adoptive child.
(2) Where the request of a person falling within section 4(1)(a) of the Act or paragraph (1) for an assessment relates to a particular adoption support service, or it appears to the local authority that the person’s needs for adoption support services may be adequately assessed by reference to a particular adoption support service, the local authority may carry out the assessment by reference only to that service.
(3) In assessing a person’s needs for adoption support services the local authority are not required to assess the person’s need for a service if he is not within the description of persons to whom provision of the service must be extended by virtue of regulation 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/691/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-regulations-2005/regulation-13
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