Children Act 1989

2In section 11 (restrictions on arranging adoptions and placing of children) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted—

(2)An adoption society which is—

(a)approved as respects Scotland under section 3 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978; or

(b)registered as respects Northern Ireland under Article 4 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987,

but which is not approved under section 3 of this Act, shall not act as an adoption society in England and Wales except to the extent that the society considers it necessary to do so in the interests of a person mentioned in section 1 of the Act of 1978 or Article 3 of the Order of 1987.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 2 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)