Where an application for an adoption order relates to a child placed by an adoption agency, the agency shall submit to the court a report on the suitability of the applicants and any other matters relevant to the operation of section 6, and shall assist the court in any manner the court may direct.
Section 23: Reports where child placed by agency.
Adoption Act 1976 · 1976 c.36
This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.
Part II: Adoption Orders
REPEALED on 2005-12-30 by Adoption and Children Act 2002.
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