Children and Adoption Act 2006

Children and Adoption Act 2006
The Children and Adoption Act 2006[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
Statute book chapter 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
Status:
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (c 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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

Contents

Section 17 - Short title, commencement and extent

The following orders have been made under this section:

See also

References

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 17(1) of this Act.
  2. ^ The Children and Adoption Act 2006, sections 17(6) to (8)
  3. ^ Explanatory notes, paragraphs 3 and 4

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