The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption) Regulations 2005

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;

“the Agencies Regulations” means the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005(1);

“adoption panel” means a panel constituted in accordance with regulation 3 of the Agencies Regulations;

“applicant” means—

(a)

in the case of a suitability determination, a prospective adopter;

(b)

in the case of a disclosure determination, a relevant person within the meaning of regulation 15(7) of the Disclosure Regulations;

“the central list” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 4;

“disclosure determination” means a qualifying determination described in regulation 15(1) of the Disclosure Regulations(2);

“the Disclosure Regulations” means the Disclosure of Adoption Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005(3);

“panel” means a panel constituted in accordance with regulation 4(1);

“prospective adopter’s report” means a report prepared in accordance with regulation 25 of the Agencies Regulations;

“qualifying determination” means a determination described in regulation 3 of these Regulations or regulation 15(1) of the Disclosure Regulations for the purposes of section 12(2) of the Act;

“review meeting” means a meeting convened in accordance with regulation 11 for the purposes of reviewing a qualifying determination;

“social worker” means a person who is registered as a social worker in a register maintained by the General Social Care Council or the Care Council for Wales under section 56 of the Care Standards Act 2000(4) or in a corresponding register maintained under the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland; and

“suitability determination” means a qualifying determination described in regulation 3.

(1)

S.I. 2005/389.

(2)

Regulation 15(1) of the Disclosure Regulations specifies the following determinations by the appropriate adoption agency in relation to an application under section 61 of the Act (a) not to proceed with an application from any person for the disclosure of protected information; (b) to disclose information against the express views of the person the information is about; and (c) not to disclose information about a person to the applicant where that person has expressed the view that the information should be disclosed.

(3)

S.I. 2005/888.

(4)

2000 c. 14.