{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-adoption-agencies-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-adoption-agencies-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2010/289",
  "legislation_title": "The Voluntary Adoption Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/voluntary-adoption-agencies-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Fitness of manager",
  "text": "(1) The registered provider shall not allow a person to manage the agency unless he is fit to do so.\n(2) A person is not fit to manage an agency unless—\n(a) he is of integrity and good character;\n(b) having regard to the size of the agency and the agency’s statement of purpose—\n(i) he has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary for managing the agency; and\n(ii) he is physically and mentally fit to manage the agency; and\n(c) full and satisfactory information is available in relation to him in respect of each of the matters listed in Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 29.10.2010, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/289/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:25:39.910926+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."
}