{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/118",
  "legislation_title": "The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Duty of adoption agency before the arrival of the child in England or Wales",
  "text": "Where the adoption agency is informed by the relevant Central Authority that the agreement under Article 17(c) of the Convention has been made and the adoption may proceed, that agency must—\n(a) send a written report of the child’s health history and current state of health, so far as it is known, to the prospective adopter’s registered medical practitioner, if any, together with particulars of the placement;\n(b) in a case where the adoption agency is not the local authority within whose area the prospective adopter has his home, notify that authority of the particulars of the placement; and\n(c) notify the local education authority within whose area the prospective adopter has his home in writing of the particulars of the placement if the child is of compulsory school age within the meaning of section 8 of the Education Act 1996 or the adoption agency’s medical adviser considers the child to have special needs or to be disabled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See regulation 6(4) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/118/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:33:22.130288+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."
}