The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (c 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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| Long title | An Act to make provision as regards contact with children; to make provision as regards family assistance orders; to make provision about risk assessments; to make provision as regards adoptions with a foreign element; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 2006 c 20 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales, except that sections 9 to 11, 12(1) to (5) and (7), 16 and 17 also extend to Northern Ireland and the amendment or repeal of an enactment has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.[2] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 June 2006 |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The precursors of the Act are:[3]
- Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities (Cm 6273), a green paper published in July 2004
- Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities: Next Steps (Cm 6452), published in January 2005
- The Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill, published on 2 February 2005
- The Report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill, published on 12 April 2005
- The Government Reply to the Report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill (Cm 6583), published on 8 June 2005
Section 17 - Short title, commencement and extent
editThe following orders have been made under this section:
- The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2287 (C. 86))
- The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1798 (C. 76))
- The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2870 (C. 127))
- The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2612 (C. 124))
- Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/733 (W. 65) (C. 31))
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 17(1) of this Act.
- ^ The Children and Adoption Act 2006, sections 17(6) to (8)
- ^ Explanatory notes, paragraphs 3 and 4
External links
edit- The Children and Adoption Act 2006, as amended from the National Archives.
- The Children and Adoption Act 2006, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
- Explanatory notes to the Children and Adoption Act 2006.
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