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8. In regulation 2(1), insert at the appropriate place—
“returned after being placed for adoption means—
returned under sections 31 to 35 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(1);
in Scotland, returned to the adoption agency, adoption society or nominated person in accordance with section 25(6) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007(2); or
where the child is placed in accordance with section 22C of the Children Act 1989, returned to the adoption agency following a termination of the placement(3).”
2002 c. 38. Sections 32, 34 and 35 were amended by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), Schedule 2, Part 2, paragraphs 63 and 64 and by S.I. 2016/413 and 2018/195 and applied, with modifications, by S.I. 2005/392.
2007 asp 4. Section 25 was applied, with modifications, and disapplied in certain circumstances by S.S.I. 2009/182.
1989 c. 41. Section 22C was inserted by the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), section 8 and amended by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), section 2 and Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 29, S.I. 2016/413 and S.I. 2018/195, and disapplied in certain circumstances by S.I. 2012/2813.
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