Children and Adoption Act 2006

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Citation 2006 c 20		Royal assent 21 June 2006

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. 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.

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

The precursors of the Act are:

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

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))

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