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8.—(1) Section 35 of the Act (return of child) shall apply with the following modifications.
(2) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall apply as if in each place where—
(a)the words “is placed for adoption by an adoption agency” occur there were substituted “enters the United Kingdom in circumstances where section 83(1) applies”;
(b)the words “the agency” occur there were substituted the words “the local authority”; and
(c)the words “any parent or guardian of the child” occur there were substituted “the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Assembly”.
(3) Subsection (5) shall apply as if for the words “an adoption agency” or “the agency” there were substituted the words “the local authority”.
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