Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)

22.  In Schedule 2, for paragraph 2(2) substitute—

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b), “registered adoption support agency” means—

(a)in relation to England, an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), or

(b)in relation to Wales, an adoption support agency registered as an adoption service under Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2).