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ADOPTION OF CHILDREN REGULATION 1999 - SECT 22

22 Removal if chief executive satisfied person no longer wishes to become an adoptive parent

(1) The chief executive may remove a person's name from an adoption list, or the expression of interest register or assessment register, if the chief executive is reasonably satisfied the person no longer wishes to become an adoptive parent.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive may be reasonably satisfied that a person no longer wishes to become an adoptive parent if the chief executive--

(a) sends a letter to the person, at the last address for the person known to the chief executive, asking the person to give the chief executive a written notice confirming that the person still wishes to become an adoptive parent; and
(b) does not receive a reply from the person within 30 days after sending the letter; and
(c) makes reasonable enquiries about the person's current address; and
(d) if, on making the enquiries, the chief executive learns of a different address for the person--
(i) sends the letter mentioned in paragraph (a) to the address; and
(ii) does not receive a reply from the person within 30 days after sending the letter; and
(e) sends another letter (the final letter) to the person, at the last address for the person known to the chief executive, stating that, if the person does not give the chief executive a written notice confirming that the person still wishes to become an adoptive parent, by a stated day not less than 30 days after the date of the letter, the chief executive will remove the person's name from the relevant adoption list or the expression of interest register or assessment register; and
(f) does not receive a reply from the person to the final letter by the stated day.


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