# The Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration)(England) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 15: Voluntary adoption agencies register

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) In the case of the register relating to voluntary adoption agencies, which of the following categories of voluntary adoption agency is applicable, each category to be indicated by reference to the following code—
domestic adoption services only
DA
intercountry adoption services only
ICA
domestic and intercountry adoption services
DICA
domestic adoption services and adoption support services
DA&AS
intercountry adoption services and adoption support services
ICA&AS
domestic and intercountry adoption services and adoption support services
DICA&AS
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
“adoption support services” has the same meaning as in section 2(6) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
“domestic adoption services” means services in relation to adoptions other than intercountry adoptions;
“domestic and intercountry adoption services” means domestic adoption services and intercountry adoption services;
“intercountry adoption” means—
(a) the adoption of a child habitually resident in the British Islands by prospective adopters habitually resident outside the British Islands; or
(b) the adoption of a child habitually resident outside the British Islands; and
“intercountry adoption services” means services in relation to intercountry adoptions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2130/schedule/5/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-registrationengland-regulations-2010/schedule-5/paragraph-15
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