PART 3ADOPTIONS UNDER THE CONVENTION
CHAPTER 1REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURE, RECOGNITION AND EFFECT OF ADOPTIONS WHERE THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE RECEIVING STATE
Convention adoptions subject to a probationary period29
1
This regulation applies where—
a
the child has been placed with the prospective adopters by the competent authority in the State of origin and a Convention adoption has been applied for by the prospective adopters in the State of origin but the child’s placement with the prospective adopter is subject to a probationary period before the Convention adoption is made; and
b
the prospective adopter returns to England or Wales with the child before that probationary period is completed and the Convention adoption is made in the State of origin.
2
The relevant local authority must, if requested by the competent authority of the State of origin, submit a report about the placement to that authority and such a report must be prepared within such timescales and contain such information as the competent authority may reasonably require.