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Session 2002 - 03 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Adoption and Children Bill

Adoption and Children Bill
[AS AMENDED IN GRAND COMMITTEE]
Contents
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
4        Assessments etc. for adoption support services
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
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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        Section 30: recovery by parent etc.
32        Section 30: recovery by parent etc. where agency not opposed
33        Section 30: recovery by parent etc. where application for 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        Step 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
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50        Adoption by couple
51        Adoption by one person
Placement and adoption: general
52        Parental etc. consent
53        Modification of 1989 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        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
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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
Overseas adoptions
86        Overseas adoptions
Miscellaneous
87        Modification of section 67 for Convention adoptions
88        Annulment etc. of overseas or Convention adoptions
89        Section 88: supplementary
90        Overseas determinations and orders
Chapter 7
Miscellaneous
Restrictions
91        Restriction on arranging adoptions, etc.
92        Offence of breaching restrictions under section 91
93        Restriction on reports
94        Prohibition of certain payments
95        Excepted payments
96        Sections 91 to 95: interpretation
Proceedings
97        Proceedings for offences
98        Appeals
99        Privacy
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
100        Officers of the Service
101        Right of officers of the Service to have access to adoption agency records
Evidence
102        Evidence of consent
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Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Islands
103        Effect of certain Scottish orders and provisions
104        Effect of certain Northern Irish orders and provisions
105        Use of adoption records from other parts of the British Islands
106        Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
General
107        Avoiding delay
108        Service of notices etc.
Part 2
Amendments of the Children Act 1989
109        Parental responsibility of unmarried father
110        Acquisition of parental responsibility by step-parent
111        Section 8 orders: local authority foster parents
112        Residence orders: extension to age of 18
113        Special guardianship
114        Accommodation of children in need etc.
115        Inquiries by local authorities into representations
116        Review of cases of looked after children
117        Meaning of “harm” in the 1989 Act
118        Care plans
Part 3
Miscellaneous and final provisions
Chapter 1
Miscellaneous
Advertisements in the United Kingdom
119        Restriction on advertisements etc.
120        Offence of breaching restriction under section 119
Adoption and Children Act Register
121        Adoption and Children Act Register
122        Use of an organisation to establish the register
123        Use of an organisation as agency for payments
124        Supply of information for the register
125        Disclosure of information
126        Territorial application
127        Supplementary
Other miscellaneous provisions
128        Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: contravention of sections 30 to
36 of this Act
129        Scottish restriction on bringing children into United Kingdom
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130        Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: overseas adoptions
131        Adoption and fostering: criminal records
132        Payment of grants in connection with welfare services
133        Extension of the Convention to British overseas territories
134        Proceedings in Great Britain
Amendments, etc.
135        Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions, savings and repeals
Chapter 2
Final provisions
136        Orders, rules and regulations
137        Rules of procedure
138        Supplementary and consequential provision
139        Offences by bodies corporate and unincorporated bodies
140        General interpretation, etc.
141        Devolution: Wales
142        Expenses
143        Glossary
144        Commencement
145        Extent
146        Short title
Schedule 1                    —                     Registration of Adoptions
Schedule 2                    —                     Disclosure of Birth Records by Registrar General
Schedule 3                    —                     Minor and consequential amendments
Schedule 4                    —                     Transitional and transitory provisions and savings
Schedule 5                    —                     Repeals
Schedule 6                    —                     Glossary

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