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ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 86

Effect of cessation of approved agency

If a charitable organisation ceases to be approved as a private adoption agency—

        (a)     all records and other documents held by it or under its control relating to the conduct of negotiations or the making of arrangements of adoptions become the property of the chief executive; and

        (b)     if the principal officer of the organisation was, immediately before the cessation, the guardian of a child under this Act—the chief executive becomes the guardian of that child on the cessation; and

        (c)     the negotiations or arrangements being undertaken by the organisation immediately before the cessation may be continued by the chief executive.



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