Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 517
Children And Young Persons, England And Wales
Children And Young Persons, Northern Ireland
The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad (Ethiopia) Order 2018
Made
18th April 2018
Laid before Parliament
27th April 2018
Coming into force
21st May 2018
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(4) of the Children and Adoption Act 2006( 1 ).
In accordance with section 9(5)(a) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with Welsh Ministers( 2 ) and, in accordance with section 9(5)(b) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with the Department of Health.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad (Ethiopia) Order 2018 and comes into force on 21st May 2018.
Declaration of special restrictions
2. Special restrictions are to apply for the time being in relation to the bringing of children into the United Kingdom from Ethiopia in the cases mentioned in section 9(2) of the Children and Adoption Act 2006.
Nadhim Zahawi
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Education
18th April 2018
By virtue of section 9(5)(a), the Secretary of State must consult with the National Assembly for Wales before making any Order under section 9(4). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) .