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11.—(1) An adoption allowance may include an element of remuneration but only where the decision to include it is taken before the adoption order is made and the adoption agency consider it to be necessary to facilitate the adoption in a case where–
(a)the adoptive parent has been a foster carer or kinship carer in respect of the adoptive child; and
(b)an element of remuneration was included in the payments made by the adoption agency to the adoptive parent in relation to the fostering or caring of the child.
(2) But that element of remuneration ceases to be payable at the end of the period of two years from the adoption order unless the adoption agency consider its continuation to be necessary having regard to the exceptional needs of the child or any other exceptional circumstances.
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