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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 repealed (E.W.) by Adoption Act 1976 (c.36, SIF 49:11). s. 74(2), Sch 4
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 1 repealed (E.W.) by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36, SIF 49:11) s. 74(2), Sch. 4
[F31(1)This Part applies for the construction of this Schedule, except where the context otherwise requires.S
(2)“Adoption” means adoption—
(a)by an adoption order as defined in section 107,
(b)by an adoption order made under the 1958 Act or the M1Adoption Act 1950 or any enactment repealed by the Adoption Act 1950
(c)by an order made in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or in any of the Channel Islands,
(d)which is an overseas adoption as defined by section 4(3) of the M2Adoption Act 1968, or
(e)which is an adoption recognised by the law of England and Wales, and effected under the law of any other country.
and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(4)[F5This definition of adoption includes], where the context admits, [F5an adoption effected] before the passing of this Act, and the date of an adoption effected by an order is the date of the making of the order.
(5)“Existing”, in relation to any enactment or other instrument, means one passed or made before 1st January 1976 (and whether or not before the passing of this Act).
(6)The death of the testator is the date at which a will or codicil is to be regarded as made.]
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 1 repealed (E.W.) by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36, SIF 49:11) s. 74(2), Sch. 4
F4Sch. 1 paras. 1(3), 12, 13, 14(2) repealed by Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31, SIF 49:7), Sch. 2
F5Words substituted by Legitimacy Act 1976 (c. 31, SIF 49:7), Sch. 1 para. 7
Marginal Citations
M21968 c. 53(49:11).
[F62(1)In this Schedule—S
“disposition” includes the conferring of a power of appointment and any other disposition of an interest in or right over property;
“power of appointment” includes any discretionary power to transfer a beneficial interest in property without the furnishing of valuable consideration.
(2)This Schedule applies to an oral disposition of property as if contained in an instrument made when the disposition was made.]
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 1 repealed (E.W.) by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36, SIF 49:11) s. 74(2), Sch. 4