The Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 2004

Information about financial support

13.  After a decision has been made to pay financial support, the local authority must notify the adoptive parents in writing of the following —

(a) the method of the determination of the amount of financial support;

(b) the amount of financial support;

(c) where financial support is to be paid in instalments or periodically —

(i) the frequency with which the payment will be made;

(ii) the date (if any) until which financial support is to be paid;

(iii) the date of the first payment of financial support;

(d) where financial support is to be paid as a single payment, the date on which the payment is to be made;

(e) where financial support is to be paid subject to any conditions, those conditions and the consequences of failing to meet those conditions;

(f) the arrangements and procedure for review, variation and determination of financial support;

(g) the responsibilities of —

(i) the local authority under regulation 14; and

(ii) the adoptive parents pursuant to their agreement under regulation 10(3),

in respect of the financial support in the event of a change in circumstances of the adoptive parents or the child.