{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/370",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Fitness of workers",
  "text": "(1) A local authority shall not—\n(a) employ a person to work for the purposes of the adoption service unless that person is fit to work for the purposes of an adoption service; or\n(b) allow a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, to work for the purposes of the adoption service unless that person is fit to work for the purposes of an adoption service.\n(2) This paragraph applies to any person who is employed by a person other than the authority, in a position in which he may in the course of his duties have regular contact with children who may be, or have been, placed for adoption by the authority.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person is not fit to work for the purposes of an adoption service unless—\n(a) he is of integrity and good character;\n(b) he has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary for the work he is to perform;\n(c) he is physically and mentally fit for the work he is to perform; and\n(d) full and satisfactory information is available in relation to him in respect of each of the matters specified in Schedule 3.\n(4) The authority shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any person working for the adoption service who is not employed by the authority and to whom paragraph (2) does not apply is appropriately supervised while carrying out his duties.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3339",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/370/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:44.589532+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}