In these Regulations —

• “the 1983 Regulations” ( “Rheoliadau 1983” ) means the Adoption Agencies Regulations 19833;

• “the 2001 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2001”) means the Adoption of Children from Overseas Regulations 20014;

• “adoption panel” (“panel mabwysiadu”) has the same meaning as in the 1983 Regulations;

• “prospective adopter” (“darpar fabwysiadydd”) means a person habitually resident in the British Islands5 who at any time brings into the United Kingdom for the purposes of adoption (other than adoption by a parent, guardian or relative) a child who is habitually resident outside those islands.