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Section 3A: Recruitment, assessment and approval of prospective adopters

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

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Part 1: Adoption — Chapter 2: The Adoption Service

OMITTED FROM CURRENT TEXT on 2018-03-07 by Education and Adoption Act 2016.

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.

The Secretary of State may give directions requiring one or more named local authorities in England, or one or more descriptions of local authority in England, to make arrangements for all or any of their functions within subsection (3) to be carried out on their behalf by one or more other adoption agencies.

The Secretary of State may by order require all local authorities in England to make arrangements for all or any of their functions within subsection (3) to be carried out on their behalf by one or more other adoption agencies

The functions are their functions in relation to—

the recruitment of persons as prospective adopters;
the assessment of prospective adopters’ suitability to adopt a child;
the approval of prospective adopters as suitable to adopt a child.

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