Children and Adoption Act 2006 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Summary

   1. Part 1 - Orders with respect to children in family proceedings

   2. Part 2 - Adoptions with a foreign element

   3. Part 3 - Miscellaneous and final

4. Territorial Extent

5. Commentary on Sections and Schedules

   1. Part 1 - Orders with respect to children in family proceedings

      1. Section 1 - Contact activity directions and conditions

      2. Section 2 - Monitoring contact

      3. Section 3 - Contact orders: warning notices

      4. Section 4 - Enforcement orders

   2. Schedule 1 - Enforcement orders

      1. Section 5 - Compensation for financial loss

      2. Section 6 - Provision as to family assistance orders

      3. Section 7 - Risk Assessments

      4. Section 8 - Transitional provision

   3. Part 2 - Adoptions With A Foreign Element

      1. Section 9 - Declaration of special restrictions on adoptions from abroad

      2. Section 10 - Review

      3. Section 11 - The special restrictions

      4. Section 12 - Imposition of extra conditions in certain cases

      5. Section 13 - Power to charge

      6. Section 14 - Other amendments relating to adoptions from abroad

   4. Part 3 - Miscellaneous and Final

6. Commencement

   1. Hansard References

7. ANNEX Table of powers, duties and responsibilities which the Act confers on the National Assembly for Wales