Amendment of the National Care Standards Commission (Registration) Regulations 2001
31.—(1) The National Care Standards Commission (Registration) Regulations 2001(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after sub-paragraph (cf) in the definition of “statement of purpose” in paragraph (1) insert—
“(cg)in relation to an adoption support agency, the written statement required to be compiled in relation to the adoption support agency in accordance with regulation 5(1) of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005(2);”.
(3) In Schedule 7 (particulars to be recorded in the registers kept by the Commission)—
(a)in paragraph 9—
(i)in the heading, for the words “fostering agencies and adult placement schemes” substitute “fostering agencies, adult placement schemes and adoption support agencies”; and
(ii)after paragraph (e) add—
“(f)adoption support agencies, the code ASA”;
(b)in paragraph 10—
(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (1) add—
| “domestic adoption services and adoption support services | DA&AS |
| intercountry adoption services and adoption support services | ICA&AS |
| domestic and intercountry adoption services and adoption support services | DICA&AS”; |
(ii)in sub-paragraph (2), before the definition of “domestic adoption services” insert—
““adoption support services” has the same meaning as in section 2(6) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(3);”.
S.I. 2001/3969; amended by S.I. 2002/865, 2002/2469, 2003/369, 2003/1845, 2003/2323, 2004/664, 2004/696, 2004/1771, 2004/2071 and 2005/2114.
2002 c. 38. See also the services prescribed in regulation 3 of the Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005, S.I. 2005/691, regulation 3(3) of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005, S.I. 2005/890 and the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005, S.I. 2005/ 2720.