Care Standards Act 2000

Valid from 02/10/2000

Valid from 30/04/2003

27 In section 2 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (central authorities and accredited bodies)—

(a) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

“(2A) A voluntary adoption agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000 is an accredited body for the purposes of the Convention if, in accordance with the conditions of the registration, the agency may provide facilities in respect of Convention adoptions and adoptions effected by Convention adoption orders.”;

and

(b) for subsection (5) there shall be substituted—

“(5) In this section in its application to England and Wales, “voluntary adoption agency” has the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000; and expressions which are also used in the M1 Adoption Act 1976 (“the 1976 Act”) have the same meanings as in that Act.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 27 wholly in force at 1.6.2003; Sch. 4 para. 27 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 122; Sch. 4 para. 27 in force for W. at 30.4.2003 by S.I. 2003/501, art. 2(3)(a); Sch. 4 para. 27 in force for E. at 1.6.2003 by S.I. 2003/365, art. 3(6)(a)

Marginal Citations

M1 1976 c. 36.