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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Title, commencement and interpretation

  3. 2.Amendment of the Principal Regulations

  4. 3.In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) in the appropriate places insert—...

  5. 4.In regulation 16(2) (requirement to obtain information (including health information)...

  6. 5.In regulation 17 (requirement to prepare a written report)—

  7. 6.In the Welsh language text of regulation 19(1A) (adoption agency...

  8. 7.After regulation 19 insert— Referral to the Adoption Register for...

  9. 8.In regulation 20(1) (request to appoint a Welsh family proceedings...

  10. 9.After regulation 20 insert— Persons authorised to witness consent to...

  11. 10.For Part 4 substitute— PART 4 Duties of Adoption Agency...

  12. 11.In regulation 33(4) (function of the adoption panel in relation...

  13. 12.In regulation 43 (access to case records and disclosure of...

  14. 13.In Schedule 1— (a) in Part 3 (information about the...

  15. 14.In Part 1 of Schedule 3 (offences specified for the...

  16. 15.For Schedule 4 substitute— SCHEDULE 4 PART 1 Information to...

  17. 16.Consequential amendments to other Regulations

  18. 17.Miscellaneous amendments

  19. 18.Transitional provision

  20. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Consequential Amendments to Other Regulations

      1. 1.Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005

      2. 2.Local Authorities (Prescribed Fees) (Adoptions with a Foreign Element) (Wales) Regulations 2005

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

      4. 4.The Representations Procedure (Wales) Regulations 2014

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Miscellaneous Amendments to the Principal Regulations

      1. 1.Amendments to the Principal Regulations

      2. 2.In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “Deddf 1989”...

      3. 3.In regulation 14 (requirement to provide counselling etc.)—

      4. 4.In regulation 17(1)(ch), (d) and (e) (requirement to prepare written...

      5. 5.In regulation 19(3) (adoption agency decision and notification)—

      6. 6.In regulation 34(4)(b) (adoption agency’s decision in relation to the...

      7. 7.In regulation 39(2)(b) (withdrawal of consent), after “tad y plentyn”...

      8. 8.In paragraphs 13(a)(i) and 14 of Part 1 of Schedule...

      9. 9.In Part 3 of Schedule 1 (information about the child’s...

  22. Explanatory Note