CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 30th December 2005. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002; “the 2000 Act ” means the Care Standards Act 2000 ; “the Adoption Agencies Regulations ” means the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005 ; “the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations ” means the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 ; “corresponding Welsh provision”, in relation to the Adoption Agencies Regulations or to a regulation of the Adoption Agencies Regulations, means the provision of regulations made by the Assembly under section 9 of the Act which corresponds to, as the case may be, the Adoption Agencies Regulations or to that regulation of the Adoption Agencies Regulations; “Council” means either the English Council or the Welsh Council and “the English Council” and “the Welsh Council” have the same meaning as in section 54 of the 2000 Act; “pre-adoption report” means a report prepared otherwise than in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision at the request of a relevant foreign authority following the placement for adoption of a child from the country in which that authority performs its functions and prior to that child’s adoption and includes a report prepared in accordance with regulation 29(2) of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations; “post-adoption report” means a report prepared otherwise than in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision at the request of a relevant foreign authority following the adoption of a child from the country in which that authority performs its functions; “relevant foreign authority” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations; and “social worker” means a person who is registered in— the register for social workers maintained in accordance with section 56 of the 2000 Act; the register maintained by the Scottish Social Services Council under section 44 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 ; or the register maintained by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council under section 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 . A person within a prescribed description 3 1 A person is within a prescribed description for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Act if— a he is a social worker who is employed by a local authority or registered adoption society and who satisfies at least one of the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a) or (b); b he is a person who— i is participating in a course approved by a Council under section 63 of the 2000 Act for persons wishing to become social workers; ii is employed by, or placed with, a local authority or registered adoption society as part of that course; and iii satisfies the condition set out in paragraph (2)(b); or c he is acting on behalf of a local authority or a registered adoption society and is a social worker who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2)(a) and (b). 2 The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the person— a has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work; b is supervised by a social worker who— i is employed by the local authority or registered adoption society in question; and ii has at least three years' post-qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of adoption work. The prescribed circumstances 4 The circumstances prescribed for the purposes of section 94(1) of the Act are— a preparing a report about whether a child should be placed for adoption, in accordance with regulation 17(1) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision; b preparing a report about the suitability of a prospective adopter to adopt a child, in accordance with regulation 25(5) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision; c preparing a report about whether a child should be placed for adoption with a particular prospective adopter, in accordance with regulation 31(2)(d) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision; d preparing a report of a visit in accordance with regulation 36(4)(b) of the Adoption Agencies Regulations or corresponding Welsh provision; e preparing a report of a visit or review in accordance with regulation 5(1)(h)(ii) of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations; f preparing a report of a review of a child’s case in accordance with regulation 5(3) of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations; g preparing a pre-adoption report; h preparing a post-adoption report; i preparing a report in accordance with section 43 (reports in agency cases) or section 44(5) (reports in non-agency cases) of the Act; and j preparing a report in the case of an application under section 84(1) (parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad) of the Act. Maria Eagle Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Education and Skills 27th June 2005