Relevant regulations and guidance

The Act

• The Adoption and Children Act 2002
• Accompanying Explanatory Note

Regulations

• The Adopted Children and Adoption Contact Registers Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No.924
• The Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No.389
• The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No.890
• The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No. 3293 (W.253)
• The Disclosure of Adoption Information (Post-commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No.888
• The Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No.1711
• The Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No.2720

Guidance

• Adoption Agency arrangements
• Adoption records
• Modifications to the Children Act 1989, contact and parental responsibility
• Adoption support
• Pre-commencement adoptions: intermediary services
• Post-commencement adoptions: access to information
• Adopted Children and Adoption Contact Registers

National Minimum Standards

• National Minimum Standards for Adoption Support Agencies (England)