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The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Requirements, procedure, recognition and effect of adoption in England and Wales where the United Kingdom is the receiving State

    1. 3.Application for determination of eligibility, and assessment of suitability, to adopt

    2. 4.Eligibility requirements

    3. 5.Requirement to provide counselling and information

    4. 6.Requirement to carry out police checks

    5. 7.Requirement to notify

    6. 8.Procedure in respect of carrying out an assessment

    7. 9.Function of adoption panel

    8. 10.Adoption agency decision and notification

    9. 11.Procedure following approval by adoption agency

    10. 12.Procedure following receipt of the Article 16 Information from the CA of the State of origin

    11. 13.Duty of adoption agency before the arrival of the child in England or Wales

    12. 14.Requirements following arrival of the child in the United Kingdom but no Convention adoption is made in the State of origin

    13. 15.Duty of prospective adopter to notify local authority

    14. 16. Duty of prospective adopter where the child is placed with them

    15. 17.Prospective adopter unable to proceed with application to adopt

    16. 18.Removal of the child by the relevant authority

    17. 19.Breakdown of placement

    18. 20.Convention adoptions subject to a probationary period

    19. 21.Prescribed requirements for the purposes of making a Convention adoption order

    20. 22.Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption

    21. 23.Refusal of a court in England or Wales to make a Convention adoption order

    22. 24.Annulment of a Convention adoption order or a Convention adoption

  4. PART 3 Requirements and procedure in England and Wales where the United Kingdom is the State of origin

    1. 25.Duty of adoption agency in respect of assessment of a child

    2. 26.Function of adoption panel

    3. 27.Decision and notification

    4. 28.Receipt of the Article 15 Report from the CA of the receiving State

    5. 29.Duty of adoption panel in respect of proposed placement

    6. 30.LA decision in respect of placement

    7. 31.Preparation of the Article 16 information for the CA of the receiving State

    8. 32.Prescribed requirements for the purposes of making a Convention adoption order

    9. 33.Procedural requirements following a Convention adoption order or Convention adoption

  5. PART 4 Miscellaneous

    1. 34.Application, with or without modifications, of provisions of the 1976 Act

    2. 35.Application, with modifications, of provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations

    3. 36.Offences

    4. 37.Transitional and consequential provisions

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Certificate of eligibility and approval

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Certificate that the Convention adoption order has been made in accordance with the Convention

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Application, with modifications, of the provisions of the 1976 Act

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Application, with modifications, of the provisions of the Adoption Agencies Regulations

  7. Explanatory Note

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