The Foster Placement (Children) and Adoption Agencies Amendment (England) Regulations 2001
These Regulations make amendments, in respect of England only, to the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991 and the Adoption Agencies Regulations 1983. Those Regulations provide that a person is not to be considered suitable to foster or adopt a child (as the case may be) if he or a member of his household has been convicted of, or cautioned for, an offence specified in Schedule 2 to the Adoption Agencies Regulations or Schedule 4 to the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations. These Regulations remove this automatic prohibition in limited circumstances. These are, in relation to adoption or fostering, where the offence was committed when a person was under the age of 18, and, in relation to fostering, where the child concerned is a relative of anyone in the household, or is already placed with the person as his foster parent.