ADOPTION ACCREDITED AGENCIES REGULATIONS

ADOPTION ACCREDITED AGENCIES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 495.02

ADOPTION ACCREDITED AGENCIES

REGULATIONS

27th November, 2015

LEGAL NOTICE 379 of 2015.

The title of these regulations is the Adoption Accredited

Agencies Regulations.

In these regulations, "the Act", means the Adoption

Administration Act.

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Act, an agency

shall deliver to the central authority all the records and

documentation relating to the pre-adoption and adoption services

that it has in its possession as follows

(a) on the expiration of its period of accreditation if such

agency fails to apply for renewal in terms of article

12(2) of the Act; and

(b) within the period of twenty working days from the day

on which the decision of the central authority that the

accreditation certificate should not be renewed has

become res judicata.

The central authority may request any agency, including

any agency which is no longer in possession of an accreditation

certificate, to make available for inspection any document relating

to pre-adoption and adoption services and the agency shall, by not

later than ten working days from the date of request, make

available any such document.

Notwithstanding the revocation, or expiry, of accreditation

of an agency, the central authority may order such an agency to

continue any adoption process commenced during its accreditation

period where

(a) the agency files a request for revocation in terms of

article14(1)(a) of the Act; or

(b) the agency has not applied for the renewal of the

accreditation certificate in terms of article 12(2) of the

Act; or

(c) even though the agency has applied for the renewal of

the accreditation certificate, a decision of the central

authority on the renewal of the accreditation certificate

is pending due to an ongoing investigation

Provided that in each of the aforesaid cases the agency shall

comply with the same conditions as specified by the central

authority during the accreditation period, the conditions laid down

in the Act and any other condition which the central authority

deems adequate to specify

ADOPTION ACCREDITED AGENCIES

Provided further that nothing in this regulation shall be

construed as allowing the commencement of an adoption process.

An agency may, upon an authorisation in writing by the

central authority, be permitted to transfer any adoption process to

another accredited agency.