SCHEDULEProvisions of the Act coming into force on 20th April 2009 only for the purpose of making regulations, orders or rules

Article 2

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Provision of the Act

Subject matter

Section 3(b)

Adoption service: regulations

Section 8

Adoption agencies: regulations about carrying out of functions

Section 9(3)

Assessment of needs for adoption support services

Section 13

Regulations

Section 20(1)

Restrictions on removal: child placed for adoption with consent

Section 37

Information to be kept about adoptions

Section 38

Disclosure of information kept under relevant enactment

Section 49(7)

Reassessment of needs for adoption support services

Section 53(4) (only in relation to paragraphs 1(1), 6(3), (4) and (5), and 7(4) and (11) of schedule 1 to the Act)

Adopted Children Register and index

Section 58(5), (6), (7) and (10)

Restriction on bringing children into the United Kingdom

Section 59(3) and (6)

Preliminary order where child to be adopted abroad

Section 61(1)

Regulations under section 58: offences

Section 69(1)

Section 68: supplementary provision

Section 71(1)(a), (3) and (4)

Adoption allowances schemes

Section 74

Disclosure of medical information about parents

Section 95(2)

Duty of children’s hearing to prepare report for court

Section 104

Permanence orders: rules of procedure

Section 106(3)

Child subject to supervision requirement: duty to refer to Principal Reporter

Section 108

Rules: appointment of curators ad litem and reporting officers

Section 114

Rules of procedure

Schedule 1 paragraphs 1(1), 6(3), (4) and (5) and 7(4) and (11)

Registration of adoptions