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        Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        [Part 1 Adoption]
        [Chapter 1 Introductory]
        [1 Considerations applying to the exercise of powers]
        [Chapter 2 The Adoption Service]
        [The Adoption Service]
        [2 Basic definitions]
        [3 Maintenance of Adoption Service]
        [4 Assessments etc. for adoption support services]
        [5 Local authority plans for adoption services]
        [6 Arrangements on cancellation of registration]
        [7 Inactive or defunct adoption societies etc.]
        [8 Adoption support agencies]
        [Regulations]
        [9 General power to regulate adoption etc. agencies]
        [10 Management etc. of agencies]
        [11 Fees]
        [12 Independent review of determinations]
        [Supplemental]
        [13 Information concerning adoption]
        [14 Default power of appropriate Minister]
        [15 Inspection of premises etc.]
        [16 Distribution of functions in relation to registered adoption societies]
        [17 Inquiries]
        [Chapter 3 Placement for adoption and adoption orders]
        [Placement of children by adoption agency for adoption]
        [18 Placement for adoption by agencies]
        [19 Placing children with parental consent]
        [20 Advance consent to adoption]
        [21 Placement orders]
        [22 Applications for placement orders]
        [23 Varying placement orders]
        [24 Revoking placement orders]
        [25 Parental responsibility]
        [26 Contact]
        [27 Contact: supplementary]
        [28 Further consequences of placement]
        [29 Further consequences of placement orders]
        [Removal of children who are or may be placed by adoption agencies]
        [30 General prohibitions on removal]
        [31 Recovery by parent etc. where child not placed or is a baby]
        [32 Recovery by parent etc. where child placed and consent withdrawn]
        [33 Recovery by parent etc. where child placed and placement order refused]
        [34 Placement orders: prohibition on removal]
        [35 Return of child in other cases]
        [Removal of children in non-agency cases]
        [36 Restrictions on removal]
        [37 Applicants for adoption]
        [38 Local authority foster parents]
        [39 Partners of parents]
        [40 Other non-agency cases]
        [Breach of restrictions on removal]
        [41 Recovery orders]
        [Preliminaries to adoption]
        [42 Child to live with adopters before application]
        [43 Reports where child placed by agency]
        [44 Notice of intention to adopt]
        [45 Suitability of adopters]
        [The making of adoption orders]
        [46 Adoption orders]
        [47 Conditions for making adoption orders]
        [48 Restrictions on making adoption orders]
        [49 Applications for adoption]
        [50 Adoption by couple]
        [51 Adoption by one person]
        [Placement and adoption: general]
        [52 Parental etc. consent]
        [53 Modification of 1989 Act in relation to adoption]
        [54 Disclosing information during adoption process]
        [55 Revocation of adoptions on legitimation]
        [Disclosure of information in relation to a person's adoption]
        [56 Information to be kept about a person's adoption]
        [57 Restrictions on disclosure of protected etc. information]
        [58 Disclosure of other information]
        [59 Offence]
        [60 Disclosing information to adopted adult]
        [61 Disclosing protected information about adults]
        [62 Disclosing protected information about children]
        [63 Counselling]
        [64 Other provision to be made by regulations]
        [65 Sections 56 to 65: interpretation]
        [Chapter 4 Status of Adopted Children]
        [66 Meaning of adoption in Chapter 4]
        [67 Status conferred by adoption]
        [68 Adoptive relatives]
        [69 Rules of interpretation for instruments concerning property]
        [70 Dispositions depending on date of birth]
        [71 Property devolving with peerages etc.]
        [72 Protection of trustees and personal representatives]
        [73 Meaning of disposition]
        [74 Miscellaneous enactments]
        [75 Pensions]
        [76 Insurance]
        [Chapter 5 The Registers]
        [Adopted Children Register etc.]
        [77 Adopted Children Register]
        [78 Searches and copies]
        [79 Connections between the register and birth records]
        [Adoption Contact Register]
        [80 Adoption Contact Register]
        [81 Adoption Contact Register: supplementary]
        [General]
        [82 Interpretation]
        [Chapter 6 Adoptions with a foreign element]
        [Bringing children into and out of the United Kingdom]
        [83 Restriction on bringing children in]
        [84 Giving parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad]
        [85 Restriction on taking children out]
        [86 Power to modify sections 83 and 85]
        [Overseas adoptions]
        [87 Overseas adoptions]
        [Miscellaneous]
        [88 Modification of section 67 for Hague Convention adoptions]
        [89 Annulment etc. of overseas or Hague Convention adoptions]
        [90 Section 89: supplementary]
        [91 Overseas determinations and orders]
        [Chapter 7 Miscellaneous]
        [Restrictions]
        [92 Restriction on arranging adoptions etc.]
        [93 Offence of breaching restrictions under section 92]
        [94 Restriction on reports]
        [95 Prohibition of certain payments]
        [96 Excepted payments]
        [97 Sections 92 to 96: interpretation]
        [Information]
        [98 Pre-commencement adoptions: information]
        [Proceedings]
        [99 Proceedings for offences]
        [100 Appeals]
        [101 Privacy]
        [The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service]
        [102 Officers of the Service]
        [103 Right of officers of the Service to have access to adoption agency records]
        [Evidence]
        [104 Evidence of consent]
        [Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Islands]
        [105 Effect of certain Scottish orders and provisions]
        [106 Effect of certain Northern Irish orders and provisions]
        [107 Use of adoption records from other parts of the British Islands]
        [108 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man]
        [General]
        [109 Avoiding delay]
        [110 Service of notices etc.]
        Part 2 Amendments of the Children Act 1989
        [111 Parental responsibility of unmarried father]
        [112 Acquisition of parental responsibility by step-parent]
        [113 Section 8 orders: local authority foster parents]
        [114 Residence orders: extension to age of 18]
        [115 Special guardianship]
        116 Accommodation of children in need etc.
        [117 Inquiries by local authorities into representations]
        [118 Review of cases of looked after children]
        [119 Advocacy services]
        [120 Meaning of "harm" in the 1989 Act]
        [121 Care plans]
        [122 Interests of children in proceedings]
        Part 3 Miscellaneous and final provisions
        Chapter 1 Miscellaneous
        [Advertisements in the United Kingdom]
        [123 Restriction on advertisements etc.]
        [124 Offence of breaching restriction under section 123]
        [Adoption and Children Act Register]
        [125 Adoption and Children Act Register]
        [126 Use of an organisation to establish the register]
        [127 Use of an organisation as agency for payments]
        [128 Supply of information for the register]
        [129 Disclosure of information]
        [130 Territorial application]
        [131 Supplementary]
        Other miscellaneous provisions
        [132 Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: contravention of sections 30 to 36 of this Act]
        [133 Scottish restriction on bringing children into or out of United Kingdom]
        [134 Amendment of Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978: overseas adoptions]
        [135 Adoption and fostering: criminal records]
        136 Payment of grants in connection with welfare services
        [137 Extension of the Hague Convention to British overseas territories]
        [138 Proceedings in Great Britain]
        [Amendments etc.]
        [139 Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions, savings and repeals]
        Chapter 2 Final provisions
        140 Orders, rules and regulations
        141 Rules of procedure
        142 Supplementary and consequential provision
        143 Offences by bodies corporate and unincorporated bodies
        144 General interpretation etc.
        145 Devolution: Wales
        146 Expenses
        147 Glossary
        148 Commencement
        149 Extent
        150 Short title
        Schedules
        [SCHEDULE 1 Registration of adoptions]
        [SCHEDULE 2 Disclosure of birth records by Registrar General]
        [SCHEDULE 3 Minor and consequential amendments]
        [SCHEDULE 4 Transitional and transitory provisions and savings]
        [SCHEDULE 5 Repeals]
        SCHEDULE 6 Glossary

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