Offences made under the Adoption and Children Act 2002

7 statutory instruments made under this Act create 8 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Adoption Support Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005 2005 · 2 offences
• The Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 2005 · 1 offence
• The Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 2005 · 1 offence
• The Disclosure of Adoption Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005 2005 · 1 offence
• The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005 2005 · 1 offence
• The Access to Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005 2005 · 1 offence
• The Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005 2005 · 1 offence