The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act does not apply when considering the freedom of a couple to adopt a child; a caution for an offence of Actual Bodily Harm to child was a bar to adoption. Citations: Times 20-Feb-1998, Gazette 11-Mar-1998 Statutes: Children (Protection from Offenders) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 (1997 No 2308) Adoption Updated: 09 … Continue reading Lincolnshire County Council v R-J and Others, X and Another Intervening: FD 20 Feb 1998