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Section 28: Further consequences of placement

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

Part 1: Adoption — Chapter 3: Placement for adoption and adoption orders

Where a child is placed for adoption under section 19 or an adoption agency is authorised to place a child for adoption under that section—

a parent or guardian of the child may not apply for a child arrangements order regulating the child's living arrangements unless an application for an adoption order has been made and the parent or guardian has obtained the court’s leave under subsection (3) or (5) of section 47,
if an application has been made for an adoption order, a guardian of the child may not apply for a special guardianship order unless he has obtained the court’s leave under subsection (3) or (5) of that section.

Where—

a child is placed for adoption under section 19 or an adoption agency is authorised to place a child for adoption under that section, or
a placement order is in force in respect of a child,

then (whether or not the child is in England and Wales) a person may not do either of the following things, unless the court gives leave or each parent or guardian of the child gives written consent.

Those things are—

causing the child to be known by a new surname, or
removing the child from the United Kingdom.

Subsection (3) does not prevent the removal of a child from the United Kingdom for a period of less than one month by a person who provides the child’s home.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a child arrangements order regulates a child's living arrangements if the arrangements regulated by the order consist of, or include, arrangements which relate to either or both of the following—

with whom the child is to live, and
when the child is to live with any person.

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