# The Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005, Regulation 3: A person within a prescribed description


(1) A person is within a prescribed description for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Act if—
(a) he is a social worker who is employed by a local authority or registered adoption society and who satisfies at least one of the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a) or (b);
(b) he is a person who—
(i) is participating in a course approved by a Council under section 63 of the 2000 Act for persons wishing to become social workers;
(ii) is employed by, or placed with, a local authority or registered adoption society as part of that course; and
(iii) satisfies the condition set out in paragraph (2)(b); or
(c) he is acting on behalf of a local authority or a registered adoption society and is a social worker who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2)(a) and (b).
(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the person—
(a) has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work;
(b) is supervised by a social worker who—
(i) is employed by the local authority or registered adoption society in question; and
(ii) has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110723473/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-restriction-on-the-preparation-of-adoption-reports-regulations-2005/regulation-3
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