Children and Adoption Act 2006


The Children and Adoption Act 2006 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The precursors of the act are:
  • Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities, a green paper published in July 2004
  • Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities: Next Steps, published in January 2005
  • The Draft Children and Adoption Bill, published on 2 February 2005
  • The Report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Children and Adoption Bill, published on 12 April 2005
  • The Government Reply to the Report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Children and Adoption Bill, published on 8 June 2005

Provisions

The act contains measures to promote compliance with contact orders made under the Children Act 1989. The act permits the Secretary of State to suspend adoptions from outside the United Kingdom where the Secretary of State has concerns about the foreign country’s adoption practices.
The act clarifies the legal definition of harm so that witnessing domestic abuse is accounted for.

Section 17 - Short title, commencement and extent

The following orders have been made under this section:
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