Regulation 5 Arrangement for securing provision of servicesI1

England and Wales

(1)

The following persons are prescribed for the purposes of section 3(4)(b) of the Act (persons other than registered adoption societies who may provide the requisite facilities) in relation to the provision of adoption support services—

(a)

another local authority;

(b)

a registered adoption support agency;

F1(bb)

F2a person falling within regulation 4(4) F3or 4(5) of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005.

(c)

a Local Health Board F4, F5an integrated care board and F6NHS England; and

F7(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(2)

In paragraph (1) “registered adoption support agency” means an adoption support agency which is—

(a)

in relation to England, an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000, or

(b)

registered as a provider in Wales of an adoption service under Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 5(1)(bb) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Adoption Support Agencies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/465), regs. 1(1), 3
F2: Words in reg. 5(1)(bb) substituted (18.12.2023) by The Adoption Support Agencies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1261), regs. 1(1), 3(a)
F3: Words in reg. 5(1)(bb) inserted (18.12.2023) by The Adoption Support Agencies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1261), regs. 1(1), 3(b)
F4: Words in reg. 5(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 81(3)
F5: Words in Regulations substituted (1.7.2022) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential and Related Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/634), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(1)(3) (with Sch. para. 1(2))
F6: Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1
F7: Reg. 5(1)(d) omitted (5.5.2010) by virtue of The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1172), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 55(3)
F8: Reg. 5(2) substituted (29.4.2019) by The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/237), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7(2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)