The Adoption and Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 3482

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES

SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Adoption and Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005

Made

19th December 2005

Laid before Parliament

22nd December 2005

Coming into force

30th December 2005

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 4(2) of the Education Act 1962(1), section 26(3B)(2) and (3C)(3) and 59(4) and (5) of the Children Act 1989(4), sections 22 and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(5), section 1 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999(6), sections 3(4)(b), 9(1), 53(1) to (3), 54, 56-64, 98, and 140(1) and (7) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(7).

In accordance with section 16(1)(8) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999, the Secretary of State has consulted with the National Assembly for Wales in relation to the exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of that Act.

(1)

1962 c. 12; the relevant provisions as amended are set out in Schedule 5 to the Education Act 1980 (c. 20); section 1(3)(d) was amended by the Education (Grants and Awards) Act 1984 (c. 11); section 4 was amended by the Education Act 1994 (c. 30); the entire Act was repealed by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), subject to the transitional and saving provisions set out in the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3237).

(2)

Subsection (3B) was inserted in section 26 of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) by section 117(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38).

(3)

Subsection (3C) was inserted in section 26 of the Children Act 1989 by section 117(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43).

(4)

1989 c. 41. The functions of the Secretary of State under the provisions of the Children Act 1989, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

(5)

1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), the Income and Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) and the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8). Section 42 was amended by the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).

(8)

Section 16(1) of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 was amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Schedule 3, paragraph 101.