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The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
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Welsh Statutory Instruments
2026 No. 59
SOCIAL CARE, WALES
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES
The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made
3 March 2026
Coming into force
1 April 2026
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(1)(a) and 12(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(1).
Title and coming into force
1. The title of these Regulations is the Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and they come into force on 1 April 2026.
Amendment to the Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2026
2.—(1) The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2026(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “adoption panel”, for “regulation 3” substitute “regulation 4”.
(3) In regulation 3(a)(ii), for “regulation 30D(2)” substitute “regulation 30D(6)”.
Dawn Bowden
Minister for Children and Social Care, under the authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, one of the Welsh Ministers
3 March 2026
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (“the 2026 Regulations”) to correct two cross-references to the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005 (“the Agencies Regulations”).
Regulation 2(2) corrects the cross-reference within the definition of “adoption panel” in regulation 2 of the 2026 Regulations to refer to the relevant provision in the Agencies Regulations. Regulation 2(3) corrects a cross-reference to the Agencies Regulations in regulation 3(a)(ii) of the 2026 Regulations, so that the reference is a reference to the provision under which the determination at the conclusion of the review is made.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.
(1)
2002 c. 38. Section 12 was amended by section 57 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) and by section 34 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23).
(2)
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