Legislation – The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

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Introduction

PART 1
Introduction

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

PART 2
Residential Family Centres

3 Amendment of the Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002

PART 3
Adoption Agencies

4 Amendment of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005

PART 4
Private Fostering

5 Amendment of the Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations 2005

PART 5
Children Act 1989 Representations Procedure

6 Amendment of the Children Act 1989 Representations Procedure (England) Regulations 2006

PART 6
Inspection of Local Authorities

7 Amendment of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Inspection of Local Authorities) Regulations 2007

PART 7
Care Planning

8 Amendment of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010

PART 8
Fostering Services

9 Amendment of the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011

PART 9
Joint Area Reviews

10 Amendment of the Children Act 2004 (Joint Area Reviews) Regulations 2015

PART 10
Children’s Homes

11 Amendment of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015

PART 11
Inspections

12 Amendment of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc) Regulations 2015

PART 12
Review and Expiry

13 Review

14 Expiry

PART 13
Savings Provisions

15 Suitability assessments

16 Private fostering: notifications

17 Children Act 1989 representations

18 Placement

19 Where, during the relevant period, the responsible authority placed a…

20 Foster parents: temporary approval

21 Short breaks

22 Children’s homes: deprivation of liberty

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Explanatory note

PART 13Savings Provisions

Suitability assessments15.

In a case where, on the 25th September 2020, —

(a)

an adoption agency is in the process of assessing the suitability of a prospective adopter in accordance with Part 4 of the Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005, or

(b)

a fostering service provider is in the process of assessing the suitability of a person to become a foster parent under regulation 26 of the 2011 Regulations,

that assessment must continue as if the amendments made by these Regulations remain in force.