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Sch. 3 Pt. 2 repealed (4.9.2013) without ever being in force by 2013 c. 22, s. 17(4) ; S.I. 2013/2200 art. 2(a))s. 144(4)(aa) inserted by 2004 c. 33 s. 79(12)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Adoption and Children Act 2002Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2003/3095 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 24)S.I. 2004/759 art. 2-13 commences (2003 c. 43)S.I. 2004/874 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 42)S.I. 2005/275 art. 2 Sch. commences (2004 c. 35)S.I. 2005/394 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)S.I. 2005/700 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)S.I. 2005/847 art. 2 commences (2000 c. 31)S.I. 2005/910 art. 3 commences (2003 c. 39)S.I. 2005/1432 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 12)S.I. 2005/2897 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 38)S.I. 2005/3175 art. 2 3 Sch. 1 2 commences (2004 c. 33)S.I. 2005/3363 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)S.I. 2006/378 art. 2-7 Sch. commences (2005 c. 15)S.I. 2006/885 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 4)S.I. 2007/62 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 14)S.I. 2007/733 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 20)S.I. 2007/935 art. 2-7 commences (2006 c. 40)S.I. 2007/1897 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 9)S.I. 2007/2287 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 20)S.I. 2008/1586 art. 2(1) Sch. 1 commences (2008 c. 4)S.I. 2008/2870 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 20)S.I. 2009/268 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 23)S.I. 2009/479 art. 2-6 commences (2008 c. 22)S.I. 2009/2232 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 22)S.I. 2010/749 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 23)S.I. 2010/987 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 22)S.I. 2010/2612 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 20)S.I. 2010/2981 art. 2-4 commences (2008 c. 23)S.I. 2012/1553 art. 2(e) commences (2008 c. 23)S.S.I. 2005/643 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 38)S.S.I. 2009/267 art. 2 commences (2007 asp 4) Chapter 1 E+W+S+N.I.MiscellaneousProspectiveAdvertisements in the United KingdomE+W+S+N.I.123 Restriction on advertisements etc.E+W+S+N.I.(1)A person must not—
ProspectiveAdoption and Children Act RegisterE+W+S125 Adoption and Children Act RegisterE+W+S(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a register, to be called the Adoption and Children Act Register, containing—
126 Use of an organisation to establish the registerE+W+S(1)The Secretary of State may make an arrangement with an organisation under which any function of his under an Order under section 125 of establishing and maintaining the register, and disclosing information entered in, or compiled from information entered in, the register to any person is performed wholly or partly by the organisation on his behalf.
127 Use of an organisation as agency for paymentsE+W+S(1)An Order under section 125 may authorise an organisation with which an arrangement is made under section 126 to act as agent for the payment or receipt of sums payable by adoption agencies to other adoption agencies and may require adoption agencies to pay or receive such sums through the organisation.
128 Supply of information for the registerE+W+S(1)An Order under section 125 may require adoption agencies to give prescribed information to the Secretary of State or the registration organisation for entry in the register.
129 Disclosure of informationE+W+S(1)Information entered in the register, or compiled from information entered in the register, may only be disclosed under subsection (2) or (3).
130 Territorial applicationE+W+S(1)In this group of sections, “adoption agency” means—
131 SupplementaryE+W+S(1)In this group of sections—
Other miscellaneous provisionsE+W+S+N.I.Prospective132 Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: contravention of sections 30 to 36 of this ActE+W+S+N.I.After section 29 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28) there is inserted—
“29A Contravention of sections 30 to 36 of Adoption and Children Act 2002(1)A person who contravenes any of the enactments specified in subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
Prospective133 Scottish restriction on bringing children into or out of United KingdomE+W+S+N.I.(1)In section 50 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (restriction on removal of children for adoption outside Great Britain)—
“(4)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations provide for subsection (1) to apply with modifications, or not to apply, if—
(a)the regulations shall not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament, and
(b)accordingly section 60(2) does not apply to the statutory instrument containing the regulations.”
(2)For section 50A of that Act (restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom for adoption) there is substituted—
“50A Restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom(1)This section applies where a person who is habitually resident in the British Islands (the “British resident”)—
(a)brings, or causes another to bring, a child who is habitually resident outside the British Islands into the United Kingdom for the purpose of adoption by the British resident; or
(2)In subsection (1) above the references to adoption, or to a child adopted, by the British resident include a reference to adoption, or to a child adopted, by the British resident and another person.
(4)An external adoption means an adoption, other than a Convention adoption, of a child effected under the law of any country or territory outside the British Islands, whether or not the adoption is—
(a)an adoption within the meaning of Part IV; or
(b)a full adoption (as defined in section 39(2A)).
(a)to apply to an adoption agency in the prescribed manner for an assessment of his suitability to adopt the child; and
(7)In relation to a child brought into the United Kingdom for adoption in circumstances where this section applies, regulations may provide for any provision of Part II of this Act to apply with modifications or not to apply.
(8)If a person brings, or causes another to bring, a child into the United Kingdom at any time in circumstances where this section applies, he is guilty of an offence if—
(a)he has not complied with any requirement imposed by virtue of subsection (5); or
(b)any condition required to be met by virtue of subsection (6) is not met,
(a)on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(10)Regulations may provide for this section not to apply if—
(a)the adopters or (as the case may be) prospective adopters are natural parents (whether or not they have parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child), natural relatives or guardians of the child in question (or one of them is), or
(11)On the occasion of the first exercise of the power to make regulations under subsection (10)—
(b)accordingly section 60(2) does not apply to the statutory instrument containing the regulations.
(12)In this section, “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations and “regulations” means regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.”
(3)In section 65 of that Act (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of “adoption agency”, for “and 27” there is substituted “ , 27 and 50A ”.
Prospective134 Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: overseas adoptionsE+W+S+N.I.In section 65 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28) (interpretation), for subsection (2) there is substituted—
“(2)In this Act, “overseas adoption” —
(a)means an adoption of a description specified in an order made by the Scottish Ministers, being a description of adoptions effected under the law of any country or territory outside the British Islands, but
(2A)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe the requirements that ought to be met by an adoption of any description effected after the commencement of the regulations for it to be an overseas adoption for the purposes of this Act.
(2B)At any time when such regulations have effect, the Scottish Ministers must exercise their power under subsection (2) so as to secure that subsequently effected adoptions of any description are not overseas adoptions for the purposes of this Act if they consider that such adoptions are not likely within a reasonable time to meet the prescribed requirements.
(2C)An order under subsection (2) may contain provision as to the manner in which evidence of any overseas adoption may be given.
(2D)In subsections (2) to (2C), “adoption” means the adoption of a child or of a person who was a child at the time the adoption was applied for.”
Prospective135 Adoption and fostering: criminal recordsE+W+S+N.I.(1)Part 5 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) (certificates of criminal records) is amended as follows.
(3)In section 115 (enhanced criminal record certificates), in subsection (6A), for “his suitability” there is substituted “ the suitability of the applicant, or of a person living in the same household as the applicant, to be a foster parent or ”.
136 Payment of grants in connection with welfare servicesE+W+S+N.I.(1)Section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) (payment of grants for welfare services) is amended as follows.
Prospective137 Extension of the Hague Convention to British overseas territoriesE+W+S+N.I.(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for giving effect to the Convention in any British overseas territory.
Prospective138 Proceedings in Great BritainE+W+S+N.I.Proceedings for an offence by virtue of section 9, 59, 93, 94, 95 or 129—
ProspectiveAmendments etc.E+W+S+N.I.139 Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions, savings and repealsE+W+S+N.I.(1)Schedule 3 (minor and consequential amendments) is to have effect.
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