Regulation 4

any of the following services provided by an adoption agency to any person (A) who desires to adopt or who has adopted a child:

informing A about the process of adoption in Singapore, including under the repealed Act;

informing A about the eligibility criteria for an adoption order, including under the repealed Act;

informing A about the parenting of an adopted child, including understanding the unique needs of such a child;

arranging for A to attend a pre-adoption briefing described in section 12, or a disclosure of adoptive status briefing described in section 13, of the Act;

arranging for A to undergo the process for obtaining an Adoption Suitability Assessment;

finding a child for whom an adoptive parent is being sought, on behalf of A;

facilitating any contact between A and any relevant person of a child for whom an adoptive parent is being sought, with a view to the child’s adoption by A; (viii)obtaining the agreement of any relevant person of a child to seek an adoptive parent for the child (whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries), with a view to the child’s adoption by A;

transferring (whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries) the physical custody of a child, or the custody or care and control of a child, to A with a view to the child’s adoption by A, or making any arrangement for such transfer;

obtaining, on behalf of A, the consent required under section 26 of the Act or section 4(4) of the repealed Act of any relevant person of a child for the adoption of the child by A;

delivering (whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries) the physical custody of a child who is the subject of an unsuccessful adoption application by A or an order under section 57(6) of the Act (where A is the potential adopter mentioned in that provision), to a relevant person of the child or a suitable person, or making any arrangement for such delivery; (xii)collating or preparing documents necessary for the adoption of a child by A;

preparing or providing reports to inform or update A of —

the progress of the process of the adoption of a child by A; or

the welfare of a child identified for adoption or adopted by A; (b)providing any mediation, counselling, psychotherapy or other assessment, programme or treatment (each called an intervention) for or to one or more of the following persons, where the objective or one of the objectives of the intervention is the benefit or welfare of an adopted child, a child for whom an adoptive parent is being sought or a child who is the subject of an unsuccessful adoption: (i)any person who adopts the child or who desires to adopt the child;

the child; (iii)any relevant person of the child;

conducting any activity involving one or more of the following persons, where the objective or one of the objectives of the activity is the benefit or welfare of an adopted child, a child for whom an adoptive parent is being sought or a child who is the subject of an unsuccessful adoption: (i)any person who adopts the child or who desires to adopt the child;

the child; (iii)any relevant person of the child.

a reference to an adopted child includes a reference to an infant in respect of whom an adoption order has been made under the repealed Act; (b)a reference to a relevant person of a child includes a reference to a person whose consent to the adoption of the child is required under section 4(4) of the repealed Act; (c)a reference to an unsuccessful adoption is a reference to an adoption in respect of which an adoption application, whether made under the Act or repealed Act, is withdrawn, or struck out or dismissed by the court; and

a reference to a suitable person is a reference to a suitable person to whom the physical custody of a child is ordered by the court to be delivered under section 43(2) or 57(6) of the Act.