The Voluntary Adoption Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Regulations 20 (1)

SCHEDULE 4EVENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS

EventTo be notified to
Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6Column 7Column 8
RQIADHSSPSPlacing AuthorityRegional BoardHSC Trust on behalf of whom the Agency is actingHSC Trust in area child is placedDirector of Public Health for Northern Ireland (1)
Death of child placed for adoption by the agency or in the care of that agency pending placementYesYesYesYesYes
Referral to the Independent Safeguarding Authority (2) pursuant to Article 37 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (3)of an individual working for the agency.Yes
Serious illness of, or serious accident sustained by, a child placed for adoption by the agency or in the care of that agency pending placementYesYesYesYesYes
Any serious complaint about a prospective adopter approved by the agency where no child is placed for adoption with that prospective adopterYes
Any serious complaint about a prospective adopter approved by the agency where a child is placed for adoption with that prospective adopter by the agencyYesYesYes
Any serious complaint about a prospective adopter approved by the agency where a child is placed for adoption with that prospective adopter by another agencyYesYesYesYes
Instigation and outcome of any child protection enquiry involving a child placed for adoption by the agency or in the care of that agency pending adoptionYesYesYesYes
(1)

Article 32 of the Health and Personal Social Services (NI) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I.1) as substituted by Schedule 6 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act 2009 (C.1).

(2)

Renamed under the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c.26)