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The Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
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1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2020 immediately after the coming into force of the Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020(1).
(3) In these Regulations, “the Principal Regulations” means the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005(2).
Amendment of the Principal Regulations
2.—(1) The Principal Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 30 (prospective adopter’s report), in paragraph (2)(e), after “a child” insert “, and in determining the suitability of a couple to adopt a child the agency must have proper regard to the need for stability and permanence in their relationship”.
(3) In Schedule 4A (modifications to Part 4), in paragraph 4(b), in the substituted paragraph (2)(d), after “a child” insert “, and in determining the suitability of a couple to adopt a child the agency must have proper regard to the need for stability and permanence in their relationship”.
Julie Morgan
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
19 March 2020
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