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The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Amendment) Regulations 2009
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Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 2563
Children And Young Persons, England And Wales
The Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made
22nd September 2009
Laid before Parliament
29th September 2009
Coming into force
23rd October 2009
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) and (3) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999(1).
The Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 16(1) of that Act(2).
(1)
(2)
Section 16(1) was amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Schedule 3, paragraph 101 (c.38). By virtue of section 16(1), the Secretary of State must consult the National Assembly for Wales before exercising any functions under section 1. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), Schedule 11, paragraph 30 (see also paragraph 32).
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