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PART 2LOCAL AUTHORITY ADOPTION AND FOSTERING SERVICES ETC.

34Grant of local authority application under Part 2

(1)Subject to subsection (4) of section 33 of this Act, the Commission—

(a)shall grant an application made under subsection (1) of that section unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Commission thinks fit to impose; or

(b)shall propose to grant it subject to such conditions as the Commission thinks fit to impose,

and shall give the authority notice—

(i)that it has been granted; or

(ii)as the case may be, of the conditions subject to which it is proposed (under paragraph (b) above) that it should be granted.

(2)On granting the application, the Commission shall issue a certificate of registration to the authority.

(3)Subsection (4) of section 9 of this Act shall have effect in relation to a certificate issued under subsection (2) above as it has in relation to a certificate issued under subsection (3) of that section.