# The Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005, Regulation 5: Arrangement for securing provision of services

Extent: E+W

(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;
(bb) a person falling within regulation 4(4) or 4(5) of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005.
(c) a Local Health Board , an integrated care board and NHS England; and
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/691/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-services-regulations-2005/regulation-5
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