Amendment of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 20052

In regulation 4 (exceptions) of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 20052, insert after paragraph (3)—

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An undertaking is not an adoption support agency3 if the undertaking is carried on by an individual who only provides adoption support services (otherwise than in a partnership with others) under a contract for services with either—

a

an agency4 in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act as the person carrying on the agency, or

b

an adoption agency5.