Part 1

Adoption
Chapter 2

The Adoption Service

The Adoption Service

Adoption support services: duty to provide information
4B
1
Except in circumstances prescribed by regulations, a local authority in England must provide the information specified in subsection (2) to—
a
any person who has contacted the authority to request information about adopting a child,
b
any person who has informed the authority that he or she wishes to adopt a child,
c
any person within the authority's area who the authority are aware is a parent of an adopted child, and
d
any person within the authority's area who is a parent of an adopted child and has contacted the authority to request any of the information specified in subsection (2).
2
The information is—
a
information about the adoption support services available to people in the authority's area;
b
information about the right to request an assessment under section 4 (assessments
etc
for adoption support services), and the authority's duties under that section and regulations made under it;
c
information about the authority's duties under section 4A (adoption support services: personal budgets) and regulations made under it;
d
any other information prescribed by regulations.
S. 4B inserted (25.7.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 6, 139(6); S.I. 2014/889, art. 6(c)