Regulation 3 Qualifying determinations
For the purposes of section 12(2) of the Act, a qualifying determination is a determination that has been made by an adoption agency in accordance with the 2005 Regulations as follows:
(a)
where under regulation 28(4) of the 2005 Regulations the agency do not propose to approve a prospective adopter as suitable to be an adoptive parent;
(b)
where the agency consider that a prospective adopter is no longer suitable to be an adoptive parent following a review under regulation 30 of the 2005 Regulations.