Regulation 3 ExceptionsI1

England and Wales

F1(...)

The following services are not to be treated as an adoption service, despite paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act (regulated services: definitions, adoption service)—

(a)

the provision of a service in relation to adoption by a person, in the course of a legal activity (within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007 M1), who is—

(i)

an authorised person for the purposes of that Act, or

(ii)

a European lawyer (within the meaning of the European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Order 1978 M2);

(b)

the provision of services to enable groups of adoptive children, adoptive parents and birth parents or former guardians of an adoptive child to discuss matters relating to adoption;

(c)

the provision of respite care to an adoptive child or an adoptive parent by a care home service or domiciliary support service in respect of which a person is registered under chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Act;

(d)

the provision of respite care in relation to an adoptive child consisting of child minding or day care within the meaning in Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 M3 and in respect of which a person is registered for child minding or day care under that Part of that Measure;

F2(e)

the provision of adoption support services by a person who provides those services solely under a contract for services with—

(i)

a regulated adoption service, or

(ii)

a local authority adoption service;

(f)

the provision of counselling in relation to adoption by a person who provides that service solely to individuals who have attained the age of 18.

F3(2)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 3(1) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Regulated Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) and Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/53), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(i)
F2: Reg. 3(1)(e)(f) substituted for reg. 3(1)(e) (1.4.2026) by The Regulated Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) and Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/53), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)(ii)
F3: Reg. 3(2) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Regulated Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) and Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/53), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)

Marginal citations

M1

2007 c. 29.

M2

S.I. 1978/1910.

M3

2010 nawm 1

Commencement

I1: Reg. 3 in force at 29.4.2019, see reg. 1(2)