# The Special Guardianship Regulations 2005, Regulation 4: Arrangements for securing provision of services

Extent: E+W

(1) The following are prescribed for the purposes of section 14F(9)(b) of the Act (persons who may provide special guardianship support services)—
(a) a registered adoption society;
(b) a registered adoption support agency;
(c) a registered fostering agency;
(d) a Local Health Board , an integrated care board and NHS England;
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) “registered adoption society” has the same meaning as in the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
(b) “adoption support agency” has the same meaning as in the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
(c) “fostering agency”—
(a) in relation to England, means a fostering agency within the meaning of section 4(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000, and
(b) in relation to Wales, means a fostering service within the meaning of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;
(d) “registered” in relation to any such agency means that a person is registered in respect of it under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 or Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1109/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-guardianship-regulations-2005/regulation-4
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