Regulation 6 Requirement to carry out police checks
An adoption agency must take steps to obtain—
in respect of the prospective adopter, an enhanced criminal record certificate within the meaning of section 115 of the Police Act 1997f1 including the matters specified in subsection (6A) of that section; and
in respect of any other member of his household aged 18 or over, an enhanced criminal record certificate under section 115 of that Act.
An adoption agency may not consider a person to be suitable to be an adoptive parent if he or any member of his household aged 18 or over—
has been convicted of an offence specified in Schedule 2 to the Adoption Agencies Regulations committed at the age of 18 or over; or
has been cautioned by a constable in respect of such an offence which, at the time the caution was given, he admitted.
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