PART 13Registration of Accredited Bodies
Chapter 1Arrangements for Adoption
SECTION 125
Restrictions on making arrangements for adoption.
125.— (1) A person shall not—
(a) make or attempt to make an arrangement for the adoption of a child,
(b) for the purpose of having a child adopted—
(i) retain the child in the person]s custody, or
(ii) arrange to have the child retained in the custody of another person, or
(c) take part in the management or control of a body of persons which exists wholly or partly for the purpose of making arrangements for adoption.
(2) A person shall not give a child, or cause a child to be given, to another person for the purpose of having the child adopted unless—
(a) the first-mentioned person is a parent of the child, and
(b) the person who intends to adopt the child is—
(i) a parent of the child,
(ii) a relative of the child,
(iii) the spouse of the parent of a child,
(iv) the civil partner of the parent of a child, or
(v) the cohabitant of a parent of the child,
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