The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2010
These Regulations are made under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) and the Children Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”). They make provision for the review by an independent panel in three types of case. First, a determination made by an adoption agency under the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005 that it proposes not to approve a prospective adopter as suitable to adopt a child or determines on review that a prospective adopter is no longer suitable to adopt a child. Secondly, determinations made by an adoption agency under the Access to Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005. Such determinations are specified in regulation 3 of these Regulations as qualifying determinations for the purposes of section 12(2) of the 2002 Act. Thirdly, a determination made by a fostering service provider under the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003 that it does not propose to approve a prospective foster parent as suitable to foster a child or decides to terminate or to revise the terms of the approval of a person as suitable to act as a foster parent. Such a determination is specified in regulation 4 of these Regulations as qualifying determinations for the purposes of paragraph 12A(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act.