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12.—(1) This regulation applies where the qualifying determination being reviewed is an adoption suitability determination.
(2) A panel constituted in accordance with regulation 6 must review the adoption suitability determination and —
(a)where paragraph (3) applies, make to the adoption agency that made the adoption suitability determination a recommendation as to whether or not the applicant is suitable to adopt a child; or
(b)where paragraph (4) applies, make to the adoption agency that made the adoption suitability determination a recommendation that —
(i)it should prepare a prospective adopter’s report in accordance with regulation 26(4) and, where applicable, regulation 26(5) of the Agencies Regulations to include all of the information required by that regulation; or
(ii)the applicant is not suitable to adopt a child.
(3) This paragraph applies where the prospective adopter’s report included all of the information required by regulation 26(4) and, where applicable, regulation 26(5) of the Agencies Regulations.
(4) This paragraph applies where the prospective adopter’s report, in accordance with regulation 26(4) and, where applicable, regulation 26(5) of the Agencies Regulations, did not include all of the information required by regulation 26(4) or, where applicable, regulation 26(5) of the Agencies Regulations.
(5) In considering what recommendation to make, the panel —
(a)must consider and take into account all of the information passed to it in accordance with regulation 29 of the Agencies Regulations;
(b)may request the adoption agency to obtain any other relevant information which the panel considers necessary or to provide such other assistance as the panel may request; and
(c)may obtain such advice from the advisers referred to in regulation 9 as it considers necessary in relation to the case.
(6) Where the panel makes a recommendation that the applicant is suitable to adopt a child, the panel may consider and give advice to the adoption agency about the number of children the applicant may be suitable to adopt, their age range, sex, likely needs and background.
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