Children and Adoption Act 2006

The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (c 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The precursors of the Act are:
 * Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities (Cm 6273), a green paper published in July 2004
 * Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities: Next Steps (Cm 6452), published in January 2005
 * The Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill, published on 2 February 2005
 * The Report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill, published on 12 April 2005
 * The Government Reply to the Report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill (Cm 6583), published on 8 June 2005

Section 17 - Short title, commencement and extent
The following orders have been made under this section:
 * The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2287 (C. 86))
 * The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1798 (C. 76))
 * The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2870 (C. 127))
 * The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2612 (C. 124))
 * Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/733 (W. 65) (C. 31))