4.—(1) This regulation prescribes, for the purposes of section 3(3)(a) of the Act, the description of persons to whom the provision of adoption support services must be extended.
(2) Counselling, advice and information must extend to—
(a)children who may be adopted, their parents and guardians;
(b)persons wishing to adopt a child;
(c)adopted persons, their parents, natural parents and former guardians;
(d)children of adoptive parents (whether or not adopted);
(e)children who are natural siblings (whether full or half-blood) of an adoptive child;
(f)related persons in relation to adoptive children.
(3) Financial support under Part 3 must extend to an adoptive parent of an agency adoptive child.
(4) The services mentioned in regulation 3(1)(b) (services to enable discussion) must extend to—
(a)an adoptive parent of an agency adoptive child;
(b)an agency adoptive child;
(c)a natural parent or former guardian of an agency adoptive child.
(5) The services mentioned in regulation 3(1)(c) (contact) must extend to—
(a)an adoptive parent of an agency adoptive child;
(b)an agency adoptive child;
(c)a child who is the natural sibling (whether full or half-blood) of an adoptive child;
(d)a natural parent, former guardian or related person in relation to an agency adoptive child.
(6) The services mentioned in regulation 3(1)(d) (therapeutic services) must extend to—
(a)an agency adoptive child;
(b)an adoptive child in circumstances where the restrictions in section 83 of the Act (restrictions on bringing children in) apply;
(c)an adoptive child in the case of a Convention adoption(1).
(7) The services mentioned in regulation 3(1)(e) to (f) (services to ensure continuation of a relationship and services to assist in cases of disruption) must extend to—
(a)a child mentioned in paragraph (6);
(b)an adoptive parent of such a child;
(c)a child of such an adoptive parent (whether or not adopted).
See section 66(1)(c) of the Act for the meaning of “Convention adoption”.