Children and Adoption Act 2006

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

Children and Adoption Act 2006[1]
Long titleAn 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.
Citation2006 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 assent21 June 2006
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted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

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The following orders have been made under this section:

See also

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References

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  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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