Prospective
11.—(1) Regulations under section 9 may prescribe—
(a)the fees which may be charged by adoption agencies in respect of the provision of services to persons providing facilities as part of the Adoption Service (including Adoption Services in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man);
(b)the fees which may be paid by adoption agencies to persons providing or assisting in providing such facilities.
(2) Regulations under section 9 may prescribe the fees which may be charged by adoption authorities in respect of the provision of prescribed facilities of the Adoption Service where the following conditions are met.
(3) The conditions are that the facilities are provided in connection with—
(a)the adoption of a child brought into the United Kingdom for the purpose of adoption; or
(b)a Convention adoption, an overseas adoption or an adoption effected under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
(4) Regulations under section 9 may prescribe the fees which may be charged by adoption agencies in respect of the provision of counselling, where the counselling is provided in connection with the disclosure of information in relation to a person’s adoption.
Commencement Information
I1S. 11 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 160(1)