Adoption Act 1993
86Effect of cessation of approved agency
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86 Effect of cessation of approved agency If a charitable organisation ceases to be approved as a private adoption agency— (a) all records and other documents held by it or under its control relating to the conduct of negotiations or the making of arrangements of adoptions become the property of the director-general; and (b) if the principal officer of the organisation was, immediately before the cessation, the guardian of a child or young person under this Act—the director-general becomes the guardian of that child or young person on the cessation; and (c) the negotiations or arrangements being undertaken by the organisation immediately before the cessation may be continued by the director-general.