Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 19 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 14 April 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Where an adoption agency is satisfied that each parent or guardian of a child has consented to the child—
(a)being placed for adoption with prospective adopters identified in the consent, or
(b)being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the agency,
and has not withdrawn the consent, the agency is authorised to place the child for adoption accordingly.
(2)Consent to a child being placed for adoption with prospective adopters identified in the consent may be combined with consent to the child subsequently being placed for adoption with any prospective adopters who may be chosen by the agency in circumstances where the child is removed from or returned by the identified prospective adopters.
(3)Subsection (1) does not apply where–
(a)an application has been made on which a care order might be made and the application has not been disposed of, or
(b)a care order or placement order has been made after the consent was given.
(4)References in this Act to a child placed for adoption under this section include a child who was placed under this section with prospective adopters and continues to be placed with them, whether or not consent to the placement has been withdrawn.
(5)This section is subject to section 52 (parental etc. consent).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 19 restricted by 1978 c. 28, s. 16(3D) (as inserted (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), s. 148(1), Sch. 3 para. 23 (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8); S.S.I. 2005/643, art. 2(c))
Commencement Information
I1S. 19 in force at 30.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(c) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)
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