Section 35: Notices and information to be given to local authorities.

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This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.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 III: Care and Protection of Children Awaiting Adoption

REPEALED on 2005-12-30 by Adoption and Children Act 2002.

The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

35(1)

Where a person with whom a protected child has his home changes his permanent address he shall, not less than 2 weeks before the change, or, if the change is made in an emergency, not later than one week after the change, give notice specifying the new address to the local authority in whose area his permanent address is before the change, and if the new address is in the area of another local authority, the authority to whom the notice is given shall inform that other local authority and give them such of the following particulars as are known to them, that is to say—

(a) the name, sex and date and place of birth of the child;

(b) the name and address of every person who is a parent or guardian or acts as a guardian of the child or from whom the child was received.

35(2)

If a protected child dies, the person with whom he had his home at his death shall within 48 hours give notice of the child’s death to the local authority.

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