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2. In these Regulations —
“the 1983 Regulations” ( “Rheoliadau 1983” ) means the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983(1);
“the 2001 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2001”) means the Adoption of Children from Overseas Regulations 2001(2);
“adoption panel” (“panel mabwysiadu”) has the same meaning as in the 1983 Regulations;
“prospective adopter” (“darpar fabwysiadydd”) means a person habitually resident in the British Islands(3) who at any time brings into the United Kingdom for the purposes of adoption (other than adoption by a parent, guardian or relative) a child who is habitually resident outside those islands.
S.I. 1983/1964, as amended by S.I. 1997/649 and S.I. 1997/2308.
By reference to section 5 of and Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), “British Islands” means Wales, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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