Children's Act Practice Note 2 of 2011 - LexisNexis South Africa

of PAPs on RACAP. If a possible match is found, the social workercommunicates with the social worker who registered the PAPs.• If the social workers agree and the PAPs support the match, they thenproceed with the adoption provided that a letter from the provincial head ofsocial development recommending the adoption is issued.• The children’s court may not proceed with an unrelated inter-countryadoption without the child being placed on RACAP for a period of 60 days ofmore.“NB” Designated CPOs not providing adoption services should submitinformation on adoptable children to the National Department for registration onRACAP.28. Format of letter to recommend Adoption by Provincial Head of SocialDevelopment (HOD)Legal position: Section 239(1) (d)An application for the adoption of a child must be accompanied by a letter by theprovincial head of social development recommending the adoption of the child.Practice position:The social worker submits a comprehensive report on the adoptable child and theprospective adoptive parent/s to the provincial head of social development to issuethe recommendation letter to proceed with adoption. The HOD issues therecommendation letter guided by the attached format Annexure W-Letter forrecommendation of Adoption by Provincial Head of Social Development.29. National Child Protection Register (CPR)The Child Protection Register (CPR) is divided into Part A and Part B in terms ofSection 111 of the Children’s Act. This register is managed by the Department ofSocial Development at regional or provincial levels. All cases reported are capturedelectronically and information on this is kept confidential hence the users of theelectronic system are allocated passwords in terms of levels of access.27Children’s Act practice note 02 of 2011: Transitional matters