(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations impose requirements and conditions in respect of a person who is habitually resident in the British Islands and who—
(a) brings, or causes another to bring, a child who is habitually resident outside the British Islands into the United Kingdom for the purposes of adoption by the British resident;
(b) at any time brings, or causes another to bring, into the United Kingdom a child adopted by the British resident under an external adoption effected within the period of six months.
Regulation 3 requires the person to apply to an adoption agency to be assessed as suitable to adopt and provides for the manner of application for an assessment. The regulation also provides that the person must give the adoption agency any information it may require.
Regulation 4 makes provision in respect of duties imposed on an adoption agency in respect of a foreign adoption and the procedure to be followed. These provisions apply to England only. Similar provisions have been made in relation to Wales.
Regulation 5 prescribes the conditions that have to be met in respect of a child brought into the United Kingdom.
Regulation 6 provides for the application and modification of the provisions in section 13 of the Adoption Act 1976 (requirement for child to live with adopter before an adoption order can be made).
Regulation 7 revokes the Adoption of Children from Overseas Regulations 2001.
Copies of a regulatory impact assessment in relation to these Regulations may be obtained from the Adoption and Permanence Team, Room 101 Wellington House, 133–155, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UG and at www.doh.gov.uk/adoption.