Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;

• “the Agencies Regulations” means the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005^f1;

• “the Foreign Element Regulations” means the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005^f2;

• “proposed adopter” has the same meaning as in section 44(1) of the Act; and

• “social worker” means a person who is registered in—

  1. (a)

     the register for social workers maintained in accordance with section 56 of the Care Standards Act 2000^f3;

  2. (b)

     the register maintained by the Scottish Social Services Council under section 44 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001^f4; or

  3. (c)

     the register maintained by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council under section 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001^f5.