Amendment of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005

10.  In regulation 10 (counselling)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) omit the word “or”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(b) at the end insert—

“; or

(c) is an adopted person considering whether to consent to an application proceeding.”;

(c) for paragraph (4)(c) substitute—

“(c) if the person is in Northern Ireland, an appropriate voluntary organisation within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Adoption (NI) Order 1987(1) or the Regional Board or any Health and Social Care Trust; or”; and

(d) for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) In this regulation “Regional Board” means the Regional Health and Social Care Board established under Section 7 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009(2) and a Health and Social Care Trust” means a “Health and Social Care Trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(3).”.

(1)

1987/2003 (N.I.22).

(2)

2009 c.1.

(3)

1991/194 (N.I.1).