48Effect of transfer

48 Effect of transfer

48 Effect of transfer

(1) On the transfer taking effect—

(a) the former organisation ceases to be accredited as an adoption service provider, and

(b) the new organisation is accredited as an adoption service provider, and

(c) the new organisation is accredited for the remainder of the period of the transferred accreditation, and

(d) a condition of the accreditation imposed by the Children’s Guardian and in force immediately before the transfer continues to apply unless varied or revoked by the Children’s Guardian, and

(e) the new organisation is taken to have adopted the former organisation’s policies, procedures and practice about the provision of adoption services, as in force immediately before the transfer.

(2) Anything concerning the provision of adoption services done by the former organisation is taken to have been done by the new organisation.

s 48: Ins 2022 (480), Sch 1[7].