20. Where the parent or guardian of the child [F1resides in England and Wales and] is prepared to consent to the placement of the child for adoption under section 19 of the Act and, as the case may be, to consent to the making of a future adoption order under section 20 of the Act, the adoption agency must request the CAFCASS to appoint an officer of the Service M1 or the National Assembly for Wales to appoint a Welsh family proceedings officer M2 for the purposes of the signification by that officer of the consent to placement or to adoption by that parent or guardian and send with that request the information specified in Schedule 2.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 20 inserted (30.12.2005) by The Adoption and Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3482), regs. 1, 5(h)
Marginal Citations
M1See section 11(3) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000 (c. 43).
M2See section 35(4) of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31).