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Regulation 5 Requirement to provide counselling and informationI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), where an application is made in accordance with regulation 3, the adoption agency must–

(a)

provide a counselling service for the prospective adopter;

(b)

explain to him the legal implications of adoption and the procedure in relation to adopting a child under the Convention; and

(c)

provide him with written information about the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (b).

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply if the adoption agency is satisfied that the requirements set out in paragraph (1) have been carried out in respect of the prospective adopter by another adoption agency.

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Commencement

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Reg. 5 in operation at 1.6.2003, see reg. 1