50 Adoption by coupleE+W
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(1)An adoption order may be made on the application of a couple where both of them have attained the age of 21 years.
(2)An adoption order may be made on the application of a couple where—
(a)one of the couple is the mother or the father of the person to be adopted and has attained the age of 18 years, and
(b)the other has attained the age of 21 years.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 50(1)(2) applied (with modifications) (30.12.2005) by The Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/392), regs. 1(1), 11(1)(n), 52, 55
Commencement Information
I1S. 50 in force at 30.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(c) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)