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The Voluntary Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003

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13.  The registered provider, the manager and, in relation to any branch, the branch manager, shall ensure that there is, having regard to—

(a)the size of the agency or (as the case may be) branch and the agency’s statement of purpose; and

(b)the need to safeguard and promote the health and welfare of children placed for adoption—

(i)by the agency; or

(ii)by another adoption agency but with prospective adopters approved by the agency as suitable to be adoptive parents in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983,

a sufficient number of suitably qualified, competent, and experienced persons working for the purposes of the agency or (as the case may be) branch.

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