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Section 17: Inquiries

Adoption and Children Act 2002 · 2002 c. 38View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part 1: Adoption — Chapter 2: The Adoption Service

REPEALED on 2005-06-07 by Inquiries Act 2005.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

The appropriate Minister may cause an inquiry to be held into any matter connected with the functions of an adoption agency.

Before an inquiry is begun, the appropriate Minister may direct that it is to be held in private.

Where no direction has been given, the person holding the inquiry may if he thinks fit hold it, or any part of it, in private.

Subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (powers in relation to local inquiries) apply in relation to an inquiry under this section as they apply in relation to a local inquiry under that section.

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