{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-regulations-2005/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-regulations-2005/regulation-38.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/392",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Requirements in respect of the child’s permanence report and information for the adoption panel",
  "text": "(1) The child’s permanence report which the adoption agency is required to prepare in accordance with regulation 17 of the Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision must include—\n(a) a summary of the possibilities for placement of the child within the United Kingdom; and\n(b) an assessment of whether an adoption by a person in a particular receiving State is in the child’s best interests.\n(2) In a case falling within regulation 17(2C) of the Agencies Regulations or the corresponding Welsh provision, the adoption agency must send—\n(a) if received, the Article 15 Report; and\n(b) their observations on that Report,\ntogether with the reports and information referred to in regulation 17(2D) of the Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision to the adoption panel.\n(3) In a case falling within regulation 17(2) of the Agencies Regulations or the corresponding Welsh provision, the adoption agency must consider—\n(a) if received, the Article 15 Report; and\n(b) their observations on that Report together with the reports and information referred to in regulation 17(2D) of the Agencies Regulations or the corresponding Welsh provision\nin deciding whether the child should be placed for adoption in accordance with the Convention.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 38(2) inserted (1.9.2012) by The Adoption Agencies (Panel and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1410), regs. 1, 10(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 38(2) substituted (1.9.2012) by The Adoption Agencies (Panel and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1410), regs. 1, 10(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 38(3) inserted (1.9.2012) by The Adoption Agencies (Panel and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1410), regs. 1, 10(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 38 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/392/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:27.521157+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."
}