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Regulation 13 Duty of prospective adopter to notify local authority

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A prospective adopter to whom regulation 12 applies shall, within the period of fourteen days beginning with the date on which that person (or the nominee) brings the child into the United Kingdom, give notice to the local authority within whose area that person has their home (“the relevant local authority”) of–

(a)

that person’s intention to apply for an adoption order to be made as a Convention adoption order in accordance with section 22 of the 1978 Act; or

(b)

that person’s intention not to proceed with the adoption.