The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2010

Disqualification of panel members

11.—(1) A person (“P”) must not be appointed to a panel if —

(a) P is a member of the adoption panel or fostering panel of the organisation which made the qualifying determination;

(b) where the organisation which made the qualifying determination is a local authority, P is, or has been within the period of one year prior to the date on which the qualifying determination was made —

(i) employed by that authority in their children and family social services, or

(ii) a member of that authority;

(c) where the organisation which made the qualifying determination is not a local authority, P is, or has been within the period of one year prior to the date on which the qualifying determination was made, an employee or a trustee of that organisation;

(d) P is related to a person falling within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c);

(e) the organisation which made the qualifying determination has placed a child for adoption with P or placed a child with P as a local authority foster parent;

(f) where P was adopted or fostered as a child, the organisation which made the qualifying determination was the organisation which arranged P’s adoption or fostering; or

(g) P knows the applicant in a personal or professional capacity.

(2) In this regulation —

(a) “employed” (“cyflogedig”) includes employed whether or not for payment and whether under a contract of service or a contract for services or as a volunteer; and

(b) P is related to another person (“A”) if P is –

(i) a member of the household of, or married to or the civil partner of, A;

(ii) the son, daughter, mother, father, sister or brother of A; or

(iii) the son, daughter, mother, father, sister or brother of the person to whom A is married or with whom A has formed a civil partnership.