Adoption Act, 1991
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Assessments by health boards and registered adoption societies. |
8.—(1) Whenever a health board is so requested, for the purposes of section 5 (1) (iii) (II) of this Act, by a person or persons who is or are ordinarily resident in its functional area, it shall, as soon as practicable— | |
(a) carry out an assessment of the person or persons as respects the matters referred to in section 13 of the Principal Act and shall prepare a report in writing of the assessment and shall transmit the report to the Board, or | ||
(b) arrange for the carrying out of such an assessment and the preparation of such a report in relation thereto by a registered adoption society and shall transmit the report to the Board. | ||
(2) Where— | ||
(a) at the request of a person or persons, for the purposes of the said section 5 (1) (iii) (II), or | ||
(b) pursuant to an arrangement under subsection (1) of this section, | ||
a registered adoption society carries out an assessment of a person or persons as respects the matters referred to in the said section 13, it shall prepare a report in writing of the assessment and shall transmit it, in a case to which paragraph (a) of this subsection relates, to the Board and, in a case to which paragraph (b) of this subsection relates, to the health board concerned. | ||
(3) Upon the making of a declaration under the said section 5 (1) (iii) (II), a copy of the report concerned under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be made available by the Board to the person or persons who are the subject of the declaration and to any person in the place where the adoption concerned is proposed to be effected having an interest in the matter. | ||
(4) The functions of a health board under subsection (1) of this section shall be functions of the chief executive officer of the board or a person acting as deputy chief executive officer of the board in accordance with section 13 of the Health Act, 1970 . |