# The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad) Regulations 2008, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Children and Adoption Act 2006;
“the relevant authority” means the appropriate authority or, in relation to Northern Ireland, in a case which is not a Convention case, the Secretary of State;
“a request” means a request made in writing by prospective adopters that the appropriate authority should take any step as mentioned in section 11(1) of the Act despite an order having been made under section 9(4) of the Act in relation to the State of origin; and
“the State of origin” means the country or territory from which the prospective adopters wish to bring a child into the United Kingdom.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, the relevant authority is “satisfied that the case is exceptional” if that authority is satisfied that the appropriate authority should take any step as mentioned in section 11(1) of the Act despite an order having been made under section 9(4) of the Act in relation to the State of origin.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1807/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoptions-with-a-foreign-element-special-restrictions-on-adoptions-from-abroad-regulations-2008/regulation-2
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