ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

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1. PART I

   GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

2. PART II

   ADOPTION PANELS

   1. 3. Appointment and composition of adoption panels

   2. 4. Meetings of the adoption panel and joint adoption panel

   3. 5. Appointment of medical and legal advisers

   4. 6. Functions of the adoption panel

3. PART III

   ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS

   1. 7. Duties of adoption agencies: assessment of prospective adopters

   2. 8. Approval of prospective adopters

   3. 9. Review of adoption agency decisions

   4. 10. Review without request

   5. 11. Adoption agency decision on review

4. PART IV

   DUTIES OF ADOPTION AGENCIES WHEN CONSIDERING ADOPTION FOR A CHILD

   1. 12. Duties of adoption agencies when considering adoption for a child

   2. 13. Adoption agency decisions

   3. 14. Notification of adoption agency decisions

   4. 15. Decision that adoption should not proceed or to make an application under section 80 of the Act

   5. 16. Provision of information to parents: decision by adoption agency to make arrangements for adoption

   6. 17. Provision of information to parents: decision of adoption agency that an application under section 80 of the Act should be made

   7. 18. Duties of adoption agencies: placing the child for adoption

5. PART V

   CONSENT CERTIFICATES

   1. 19. Consent to placement of the child for adoption for the purposes of section 20 of the Act

   2. 20. Consent certificate: no consent or failure to return consent certificate

6. PART VI

   APPLICATION FOR PERMANENCE ORDER

   1. 21. Application for a permanence order: child not subject to supervision requirement

   2. 22. Child subject to supervision requirement: referral to the Principal Reporter

   3. 23. Application for a permanence order: child subject to supervision requirement

7. PART VII

   PLACEMENT FOR ADOPTION

   1. 24. Placement for adoption: notification and provision of information

   2. 25. Duties of adoption agency following placement for adoption

   3. 26. Review of child’s case where no placement made within 6 months of permanence order granting authority to adopt being made

8. PART VIII

   CASE RECORDS

   1. 27. Information to be kept about adoptions

   2. 28. Form and manner in which information is kept

9. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. PART I

         INFORMATION ABOUT PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS

      2. PART II

         INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHILD

      3. PART III

         INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHILD'S FAMILY

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      MEMORANDUM

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      CERTIFICATE

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      PARENT'S AGREEMENT

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      MEMORANDUM

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      CERTIFICATE

   7. SCHEDULE 7

      PARENT'S AGREEMENT

   8. SCHEDULE 8

      FORM OF REFERENCE BY ADOPTION AGENCY TO PRINCIPAL REPORTER FOR ADVICE BY CHILDREN'S HEARING TO THE COURT