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 April 2022; Ref: scu.83072