The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003

Decision and notification

27.—(1) The LA must make a decision on the case referred to the adoption panel only after taking into account the recommendation of the adoption panel.

(2) No member of an adoption panel shall take part in any decision made by the LA under paragraph (1).

(3) The LA must notify the relevant Central Authority—

(a) of the name and age of the child;

(b) of the reasons why they consider that the child may be suitable for adoption by a person habitually resident in a Convention country outside the British Islands;

(c) of the date the freeing order under section 18 of the 1976 Act, section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 or Article 17(1) or 18(1) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 was made; and

(d) of any other information that Authority may require.

(4) The relevant Central Authority is to maintain a list of children who are notified to that Authority under paragraph (3) and shall make the contents of that list available for consultation by other Central Authorities within the British Islands.

(5) Where a LA—

(a) places for adoption a child whose details have been notified to the relevant Central Authority under paragraph (3); or

(b) determines that adoption by a person habitually resident in a Convention country outside the British Islands is no longer in the best interests of such a child,

they must notify the relevant Central Authority accordingly and that Authority must remove the details relating to that child from the Convention list.

(6) In this regulation and regulation 28 “Convention list” means—

(a) in relation to a relevant Central Authority, a list of children notified to that Authority in accordance with paragraph (3); or

(b) in relation to any other Central Authority within the British Islands, a list of children notified to that Authority in accordance with provisions which correspond to paragraph (3).