Adoption and Children Act 2002

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s.101 Privacy

s.102 Officers of the Service

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s.103 Right of officers of the Service to have access to adoption agency records

s.104 Evidence of consent

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s.105 Effect of certain Scottish orders and provisions

s.106 Effect of certain Northern Irish orders and provisions

s.107 Use of adoption records from other parts of the British Islands

s.108 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

s.109 Avoiding delay

s.110 Service of notices etc.

106 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Considerations applying to the exercise of powers

s.002 Basic definitions

s.003 Maintenance of Adoption Service

s.003 Wales – joint arrangements

s.003 England - joint arrangements etc

s.004 Assessments etc. for adoption support services

s.004 Adoption support services: duty to provide information

s.005 Local authority plans for adoption services

s.006 Arrangements on cancellation of registration

s.007 Inactive or defunct adoption societies etc.

s.008 Adoption support agencies

s.009 General power to regulate adoption etc. agencies

s.010 Management etc. of agencies

s.011 Fees

s.012 Independent review of determinations

s.013 Information concerning adoption

s.014 Default power of appropriate Minister

s.015 Inspection of premises etc.

s.016 Distribution of functions in relation to registered adoption societies

s.017 Inquiries

s.018 Placement for adoption by agencies

s.019 Placing children with parental consent

s.020 Advance consent to adoption

s.021 Placement orders

s.022 Applications for placement orders

s.023 Varying placement orders

s.024 Revoking placement orders

s.025 Parental responsibility

s.026 Contact

s.027 Contact: supplementary

s.028 Further consequences of placement

s.029 Further consequences of placement orders

s.030 General prohibitions on removal

s.031 Recovery by parent etc. where child not placed or is a baby

s.032 Recovery by parent etc. where child placed and consent withdrawn

s.033 Recovery by parent etc. where child placed and placement order refused

s.034 Placement orders: prohibition on removal

s.035 Return of child in other cases

s.036 Restrictions on removal

s.037 Applicants for adoption

s.038 Local authority foster parents

s.039 Recruitment, assessment and approval of prospective adopters

s.039 Partners of parents

s.040 Other non-agency cases

s.041 Recovery orders

s.042 Child to live with adopters before application

s.043 Reports where child placed by agency

s.044 Notice of intention to adopt

s.045 Suitability of adopters

s.046 Adoption orders

s.047 Conditions for making adoption orders

s.048 Restrictions on making adoption orders

s.049 Applications for adoption

s.050 Adoption by couple

s.051 Adoption by one person

s.051 Post-adoption contact

s.051 Orders under section 51A: supplementary

s.052 Parental etc. consent

s.053 Modification of 1989 Act and 2014 Act in relation to adoption

s.054 Disclosing information during adoption process

s.055 Revocation of adoptions on legitimation

s.056 Information to be kept about a person’s adoption

s.057 Restrictions on disclosure of protected etc. information

s.058 Disclosure of other information

s.059 Offence

s.060 Disclosing information to adopted adult

s.061 Disclosing protected information about adults

s.062 Disclosing protected information about children

s.063 Counselling

s.064 Other provision to be made by regulations

s.065 Sections 56 to 65: interpretation

s.066 Meaning of adoption in Chapter 4

s.067 Status conferred by adoption

s.068 Adoptive relatives

s.069 Rules of interpretation for instruments concerning property

s.070 Dispositions depending on date of birth

s.071 Property devolving with peerages etc.

s.072 Protection of trustees and personal representatives

s.073 Meaning of disposition

s.074 Miscellaneous enactments

s.075 Pensions

s.076 Insurance

s.077 Adopted Children Register

s.078 Searches and copies

s.079 Connections between the register and birth records

s.080 Adoption Contact Register

s.081 Adoption Contact Register: supplementary

s.082 Interpretation

s.083 Restriction on bringing children in

s.084 Giving parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad

s.085 Restriction on taking children out

s.086 Power to modify sections 83 and 85

s.087 Overseas adoptions

s.088 Modification of section 67 for Hague Convention adoptions

s.089 Annulment etc. of overseas or Hague Convention adoptions

s.090 Section 89: supplementary

s.091 Overseas determinations and orders

s.091 Power to charge

s.092 Restriction on arranging adoptions etc.

s.093 Offence of breaching restrictions under section 92

s.094 Restriction on reports

s.095 Prohibition of certain payments

s.096 Excepted payments

s.097 Sections 92 to 96: interpretation

s.098 Pre-commencement adoptions: information

s.099 Proceedings for offences

Part 2

Amendments of the Children Act 1989

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s.111 Parental responsibility of unmarried father

s.112 Acquisition of parental responsibility by step-parent

s.113 Section 8 orders: local authority foster parents

s.114 Residence orders: extension to age of 18

s.115 Special guardianship

s.117 Inquiries by local authorities into representations

s.118 Review of cases of looked after children

s.119 Advocacy services

s.120 Meaning of “harm” in the 1989 Act

s.121 Care plans

s.122 Interests of children in proceedings

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1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.116 Accommodation of children in need etc.

Part 3

Miscellaneous and final provisions

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s.123 Restriction on advertisements etc.

s.124 Offence of breaching restriction under section 123

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s.125 Adoption and Children Act Register

s.126 Use of an organisation to establish the register

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s.127 Use of an organisation as agency for payments

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s.128 Supply of information for the register

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s.128 Search and inspection of the register by prospective adopters

amended 5 times

s.129 Disclosure of information

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s.130 Territorial application

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s.131 S Supplementary

s.132 Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: contravention of sections 30 to 36 of this Act

s.135 Adoption and fostering: criminal records

s.137 Extension of the Hague Convention to British overseas territories

s.138 Proceedings in Great Britain

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s.139 Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions, savings and repeals

s.140 Orders, rules and regulations

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s.141 Rules of procedure

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s.142 Supplementary and consequential provision

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s.144 General interpretation etc.

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s.149 Extent