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Permitted payments and other rewards for purposes of section 55(2)(c) of Act

Adoption of Children (General) Regulations 2024

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—(1) The following are permitted payments and other rewards for the purposes of section 55(2)(c) of the Act:(a)subject to paragraph (2), any payment to an adoption agency for any adoption‑related service mentioned in regulation 4; (b)any payment to defray —(i)the cost of undergoing any mediation, counselling, psychotherapy or other assessment, programme or treatment, or partaking in any activity that the court thinks is beneficial, as required under or in accordance with any provision of the Act;(ii)the cost of producing any information or document as required in connection with the adoption or proposed adoption of a child, including the cost of certifying any such document;(iii)the cost of any interpreter or translator in relation to any information or document used or to be used in connection with the adoption or proposed adoption of a child;(iv)the cost of any commissioner for oaths, notary public, justice of the peace or other person authorised to administer oaths in relation to any document used or to be used in connection with the adoption or proposed adoption of a child; or(v)the cost of legalising any foreign public document used or to be used in connection with the adoption or proposed adoption of a child; (c)any payment to reimburse or compensate a person —(i)who has paid any fee chargeable by the Guardian‑in‑Adoption under Part 4; or(ii)against whom a cost order has been made by the court hearing an adoption application. (2) A payment to an adoption agency for the service of conducting an activity mentioned in regulation 4(1)(c) is not a permitted payment or other reward for the purposes of section 55(2)(c) of the Act unless the activity is —(a)ordered by the court; or(b)provided or recommended by an authorised adoption agency, a public agency or a social service agency.

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