is made when the child is an agency adoptive child 9.18. ASR 7 is concerned with ensuring that those in need of and eligible for support services receive them irrespective of where they live. Accordingly, not only does ASR 7.3 permit a local authority to provide services to people outside their area but ASR 7.1 and 7.2 set out the circumstances in which a placing local authority must be responsible for the provision of services to people living outside their area. 9.19. This situation may arise at the time of placement, i.e. the child is placed with an adoptive parent living outside the local authority’s area (whether as an inter- agency placement or not) or subsequently if the family moves out of the local authority’s area. In either case the placing authority is responsible for the assessment for and provision of such support services as are identified as needed for a period of three years following the making of the adoption order. The placing authority will need to think carefully about the best way of delivering support. In some cases, this could mean arranging for a service or services to be provided by the local authority in which the family now live with that local authority having the option of recovering costs in accordance with ASR 23. 170 Adoption Support Duties to people outside the local authority’s area: ASR 7 Ongoing financial support 9.20. In the case of ongoing financial support payable under ASR 8, however, the three- year limitation does not apply, and the placing local authority is responsible for the Agency adoptive child or their adoptive parent or adoptive parent’s child? Yes Support consists of financial support payable periodically and agreed before adoption? Child and adoptive family outside local authority’s area? Adoption order made more tha