Section 4: Withdrawal of approval.

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This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.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 I: The Adoption Service

REPEALED on 2005-12-30 by Adoption and Children Act 2002.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

4(1)

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4(2)

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4(3)

Where, by virtue of the cancellation of the registration of any person under Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000, a body has ceased to be an appropriate voluntary organisation the Secretary of State may direct the body ... to make such arrangements as to children who are in its care and other transitional matters as seem to him expedient.

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Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.