3.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations the following services (in addition to other services prescribed for the purposes of section 2(6)(b) of the 2002 Act(1)) are prescribed as adoption support services—
(a)any services prescribed in regulation 3(1)(b) to (f) of the 2005 Regulations that are provided in the case of an adoption of a child by his natural parent or the partner of his natural parent;
(b)assistance to adoption agencies in preparing and training adoptive parents;
(c)assistance to—
(i)adopted persons who have attained the age of 18, or
(ii)relatives of such persons,
to facilitate contact between such adopted persons and their relatives (and in this sub-paragraph “relative”, in relation to an adopted person, means any person who, but for his adoption, would be related to him by blood, including half-blood, marriage or civil partnership).
(2) In the case of an adoption of a child by his natural parent or the partner of his natural parent respite care that consists of the provision of accommodation must be accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority under section 23 of the Children Act 1989(2) (accommodation of looked after children) or by a voluntary organisation under section 59 of that Act.
See the services prescribed in regulation 3 of the Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005, S.I. 2005/691, and regulation 3(3) of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005, S.I. 2005/890.