(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 2 April 2007 section 13 of the Children and Adoption Act 20062, so far as it relates to adoptions and prospective adoptions in respect of which the National Assembly for Wales (the National Assembly) may charge a fee to adopters and prospective adopters under section 91A Adoption and Children Act 20023. These are adoptions and prospective adoptions for which the National Assembly discharges functions as a Central Authority under the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption 1993.