Regulation 4 Requirement to take steps to obtain police checks

For the purposes of an investigation arranged under section 44(5) of the Act, the local authority must take steps to obtain in respect of—

(a)

the proposed adopters; and

(b)

any other member of their household aged 18 or over,

an enhanced criminal record certificate within the meaning of section 115 of the Police Act 1997^f1 including the matters specified in subsection (6A) of that section.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1997 c. 50. Section 115 was amended by Schedule 35 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), section 19 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), sections 90, 102, 104 and 116 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), sections 152 and 215 of, and Schedules 13, 21 and 22 to, the Education Act 2002 (c. 32), section 8 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 (c. 14), section 135 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Act, Schedule 2 to the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) and Schedule 6 to the Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17). Subsection (6A) was inserted by section 8 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 and was amended by sections 102, 104 and 116 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Care Standards Act 2000 and by section 135 of the Act.