Children and Adoption Act 2006
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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 |
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 June 2006 |
| Commencement | various[c] |
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Status: Amended | |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Children and Adoption Act 2006 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (c. 20) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The precursors of the act are:[1]
- 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
Provisions
The act contains measures to promote compliance with contact orders made under the Children Act 1989.[2] 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.[2]
The act clarifies the legal definition of harm so that witnessing domestic abuse is accounted for.[3]
Section 17 - Short title, commencement and extent
The 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
Notes
- ↑ Section 17(1).
- ↑ Section 17(6)–(8). 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.
- ↑ Section 17(2)–(5)
References
- Nick Wikeley. "Children and Adoption Act 2006". Current Law Statutes Annotated 2006. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 2006. Volume 1. Chapter 20. 20-1 to 20–41.
- Halsbury's Statutes,
- ↑ Explanatory notes, paragraphs 3 and 4
- 1 2 "Children and Adoption Act 2006 | Community Care Inform". Childrens. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ↑ "Children and Adoption Bill". BBC News. 5 July 2005. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
External links
- Text of the Children and Adoption Act 2006 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Text of the Children and Adoption Act 2006 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Explanatory notes to the Children and Adoption Act 2006.