Adoption and Children Act 2002
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (2002 c. 38)
- Adoption and Children Act 2002 (2002 c. 38)
- Part 1 Adoption
- Chapter 1 Introductory
- 1 Considerations applying to the exercise of powers
- Chapter 2 The Adoption Service
- The Adoption Service
- 2 Basic definitions
- 3 Maintenance of Adoption Service
- 3ZA England - joint arrangements etc
- 3A Recruitment, assessment and approval of prospective adopters
- 3A Wales – joint arrangements
- 4 Assessments etc. for adoption support services
- 4B Adoption support services: duty to provide information
- 5 Local authority plans for adoption services
- 6 Arrangements on cancellation of registration
- 7 Inactive or defunct adoption societies etc.
- 8 Adoption support agencies
- Regulations
- 9 General power to regulate adoption etc. agencies
- 10 Management etc. of agencies
- 11 Fees
- 12 Independent review of determinations
- Supplemental
- 13 Information concerning adoption
- 14 Default power of appropriate Minister
- 15 Inspection of premises etc.
- 16 Distribution of functions in relation to registered adoption societies
- 17 Inquiries
- Chapter 3 Placement for adoption and adoption orders
- Placement of children by adoption agency for adoption
- 18 Placement for adoption by agencies
- 19 Placing children with parental consent
- 20 Advance consent to adoption
- 21 Placement orders
- 22 Applications for placement orders
- 23 Varying placement orders
- 24 Revoking placement orders
- 25 Parental responsibility
- 26 Contact
- 27 Contact: supplementary
- 28 Further consequences of placement
- 29 Further consequences of placement orders
- Removal of children who are or may be placed by adoption agencies
- 30 General prohibitions on removal
- 31 Recovery by parent etc. where child not placed or is a baby
- 32 Recovery by parent etc. where child placed and consent withdrawn
- 33 Recovery by parent etc. where child placed and placement order refused
- 34 Placement orders: prohibition on removal
- 35 Return of child in other cases
- Removal of children in non-agency cases
- 36 Restrictions on removal
- 37 Applicants for adoption
- 38 Local authority foster parents
- 39 Partners of parents
- 40 Other non-agency cases
- Breach of restrictions on removal
- 41 Recovery orders
- Preliminaries to adoption
- 42 Child to live with adopters before application
- 43 Reports where child placed by agency
- 44 Notice of intention to adopt
- 45 Suitability of adopters
- The making of adoption orders
- 46 Adoption orders
- 47 Conditions for making adoption orders
- 48 Restrictions on making adoption orders
- 49 Applications for adoption
- 50 Adoption by couple
- 51 Adoption by one person
- Post-adoption contact
- 51A Post-adoption contact
- 51B Orders under section 51A: supplementary
- Placement and adoption: general
- 52 Parental etc. consent
- 53 Modification of 1989 Act and 2014 Act in relation to adoption
- 54 Disclosing information during adoption process
- 55 Revocation of adoptions on legitimation
- Disclosure of information in relation to a person’s adoption
- 56 Information to be kept about a person’s adoption
- 57 Restrictions on disclosure of protected etc. information
- 58 Disclosure of other information
- 59 Offence
- 60 Disclosing information to adopted adult
- 61 Disclosing protected information about adults
- 62 Disclosing protected information about children
- 63 Counselling
- 64 Other provision to be made by regulations
- 65 Sections 56 to 65: interpretation
- Chapter 4 Status of Adopted Children
- 66 Meaning of adoption in Chapter 4
- 67 Status conferred by adoption
- 68 Adoptive relatives
- 69 Rules of interpretation for instruments concerning property
- 70 Dispositions depending on date of birth
- 71 Property devolving with peerages etc.
- 72 Protection of trustees and personal representatives
- 73 Meaning of disposition
- 74 Miscellaneous enactments
- 75 Pensions
- 76 Insurance
- Chapter 5 The Registers
- Adopted Children Register etc.
- 77 Adopted Children Register
- 78 Searches and copies
- 79 Connections between the register and birth records
- Adoption Contact Register
- 80 Adoption Contact Register
- 81 Adoption Contact Register: supplementary
- General
- 82 Interpretation
- Chapter 6 Adoptions with a foreign element
- Bringing children into and out of the United Kingdom
- 83 Restriction on bringing children in
- 84 Giving parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad
- 85 Restriction on taking children out
- 86 Power to modify sections 83 and 85
- Overseas adoptions
- 87 Overseas adoptions
- Miscellaneous
- 88 Modification of section 67 for Hague Convention adoptions
- 89 Annulment etc. of overseas or Hague Convention adoptions
- 90 Section 89: supplementary
- 91 Overseas determinations and orders
- 91A Power to charge
- Chapter 7 Miscellaneous
- Restrictions
- 92 Restriction on arranging adoptions etc.
- 93 Offence of breaching restrictions under section 92
- 94 Restriction on reports
- 95 Prohibition of certain payments
- 96 Excepted payments
- 97 Sections 92 to 96: interpretation
- Information
- 98 Pre-commencement adoptions: information
- Proceedings
- 99 Proceedings for offences
- 100 Appeals
- 101 Privacy
- The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
- 102 Officers of the Service
- 103 Right of officers of the Service to have access to adoption agency records
- Evidence
- 104 Evidence of consent
- Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Islands
- 105 Effect of certain Scottish orders and provisions
- 106 Effect of certain Northern Irish orders and provisions
- 107 Use of adoption records from other parts of the British Islands
- 108 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
- General
- 109 Avoiding delay
- 110 Service of notices etc.
- Part 2 Amendments of the Children Act 1989
- 111 Parental responsibility of unmarried father
- 112 Acquisition of parental responsibility by step-parent
- 113 Section 8 orders: local authority foster parents
- 114 Residence orders: extension to age of 18
- 115 Special guardianship
- 116 Accommodation of children in need etc.
- 117 Inquiries by local authorities into representations
- 118 Review of cases of looked after children
- 119 Advocacy services
- 120 Meaning of “harm” in the 1989 Act
- 121 Care plans
- 122 Interests of children in proceedings
- Part 3 Miscellaneous and final provisions
- Chapter 1 Miscellaneous
- Advertisements in the United Kingdom
- 123 Restriction on advertisements etc.
- 124 Offence of breaching restriction under section 123
- Adoption and Children Act Register
- 125 Adoption and Children Act Register
- 126 Use of an organisation to establish the register
- 127 Use of an organisation as agency for payments
- 128 Supply of information for the register
- 128A Search and inspection of the register by prospective adopters
- 129 Disclosure of information
- 130 Territorial application
- 131 Supplementary
- Other miscellaneous provisions
- 132 Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: contravention of sections 30 to 36 of this Act
- 133 Scottish restriction on bringing children into or out of United Kingdom
- 134 Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: overseas adoptions
- 135 Adoption and fostering: criminal records
- 136 Payment of grants in connection with welfare services
- 137 Extension of the Hague Convention to British overseas territories
- 138 Proceedings in Great Britain
- Amendments etc.
- 139 Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions, savings and repeals
- Chapter 2 Final provisions
- 140 Orders, rules and regulations
- 141 Rules of procedure
- 142 Supplementary and consequential provision
- 143 Offences by bodies corporate and unincorporated bodies
- 144 General interpretation etc.
- 145 Devolution: Wales
- 146 Expenses
- 147 Glossary
- 148 Commencement
- 149 Extent
- 150 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Registration of adoptions
- Registration of adoption orders
- Registration of adoptions in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
- Registration of other adoptions
- Amendment of orders and rectification of Registers and other records
- Marking of entries on re-registration of birth on legitimation
- Cancellations in registers on legitimation
- SCHEDULE 2 Disclosure of birth records by Registrar General
- SCHEDULE 3 Minor and consequential amendments
- The Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)
- The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20)
- The Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69)
- The Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46)
- The Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42)
- The Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77)
- The Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31)
- The Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36)
- The National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)
- The Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28)
- The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
- The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)
- The Child Abduction Act 1984 (c. 37)
- The Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42)
- The Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c. 60)
- The Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55)
- The Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42)
- The Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22))
- The Children Act 1989 (c. 41)
- The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37)
- The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
- The Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
- The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36)
- The Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)
- The Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
- The Police Act 1997 (c. 50)
- The Protection of Children Act 1999 (c. 14)
- The Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18)
- The Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)
- The Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14)
- The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)
- SCHEDULE 4 Transitional and transitory provisions and savings
- General rules for continuity
- General rule for old savings
- Adoption support services
- Regulation of adoption agencies
- Independent review mechanism
- Pending applications for freeing orders
- Freeing orders
- Pending applications for adoption orders
- Notification of adoption applications
- Adoptions with a foreign element
- Advertising
- Status
- Registration of adoptions
- The Child Abduction Act 1984 (c. 37)
- The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
- The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36)
- SCHEDULE 5 Repeals
- SCHEDULE 6 Glossary
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