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Adoption - pre-assessment decision Duty
- Description
- The adoption agency must, taking into account the information obtained under regulations 25 and 26, decide whether—
(a)the prospective adopter may be suitable to adopt a child; or
(b)that the prospective adopter is not suitable to adopt a child.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the agency must make its decision under paragraph (1) within a period of two months from the date on which the adoption agency notified the prospective adopter that they had decided to proceed with the pre-assessment process in accordance with regulation 21.
- Modified
- 09 Feb 2022
- Status
- Live
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